jute
nounEither of two Asian plants (Corchorus capsularis or C. olitorius) yielding a fiber used for sacking and cordage.
nounThe fiber obtained from these plants.
nounOne of a Low German tribe originally inhabiting Jutland, Denmark, which, with the Saxons and Angles, invaded Great Britain in the fifth century. See
A plant of the fiber-producing genus Corchorus, natural order Tiliaceæ; chiefly, one of the two species C.capsularis and C.olitorius, which alone furnish the jute-fiber of commerce.
nounThe fiber of this plant.
nounThe coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian
The coarse, strong fiber of the East
The plants from which this fibre is obtained.
nouna plant fiber used in making rope or sacks
nouna member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Saxons to become Anglo-Saxons