Definition of "jute" []

• Either of two Asian plants (Corchorus capsularis or C. olitorius) yielding a fiber used for sacking and cordage. (noun)
• The fiber obtained from these plants. (noun)

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• "The term jute was first applied to the fiber by Dr. Rosburgh in 1795."
• "The scientific name is Corchorus olitorius, also called jute mallow and Egyptian spinach."
• "The one I have marked "yarn" and the other "jute" -- a thousand of Mechlin to a hundred of the shiny."