strong fiber from an East Indian plant that is used to make sacking and cordage
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Jute Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe 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.
jute
\jute\ (jūt), n. [hind. jūt, skr. jū&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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china jute
Noun
1. a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Saxons to become Anglo-Saxons
(hypernym) European
Noun
1. a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks
(hypernym) plant fiber, plant fibre
(substance-holonym) rope
Jute Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Jute is a long, soft, shiny vegetable fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from plants in the genus Corchorus, which has been classified in the family Tiliaceae, or more recently in Malvaceae. However, it has been reclassified within the family Sparrmanniaceae.
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