jute

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

  • Borrowed from Bengali ঝুট, from Sanskrit जूट ("twisted hair").

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