Jute

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jute \Jute\ (j[=u]t), n. [Hind. j[=u]t, Skr. j[=u][.t]a matted
     hair; cf. ja[.t]a matted hair, fibrous roots.]
     The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian {Corchorus
     olitorius}, and {Corchorus capsularis}; also, the plant
     itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth,
     cordage, hangings, paper, etc.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jutes \Jutes\ (j[=u]ts), prop. n. pl. sing. {Jute}. (Ethnol.)
     Jutlanders; one of the Low German tribes, a portion of which
     settled in Kent, England, in the 5th century.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jute
       n 1: a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks
       2: a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and
          merged with the Angles and Saxons to become Anglo-Saxons