Jute (jUt), n. [Hind. jUt, Skr. jU&tsdot;a matted hair; cf. ja&tsdot;a matted hair, fibrous roots.]
The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorus olitorius, and C. capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc.
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Jutes (jUts), 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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