jute

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali ঝুট (jhuṭ), from Sanskrit जूट (jūṭa, “twisted hair”).

noun

  1. The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.
  2. The plants from which this fibre is obtained.

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