English Dictionary: jute | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for jute | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jute \Jute\ (j[umac]t), n. [Hind. j[umac]t, Skr. j[umac][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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jutes \Jutes\ (j[umac]ts), n. pl. sing. {Jute}. (Ethnol.) Jutlanders; one of the Low German tribes, a portion of which settled in Kent, England, in the 5th century. |