jute Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks
  2. noun a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Saxons to become Anglo-Saxons

WordNet

Jute noun
Etymology
Hind. jt, Skr. jta matted hair; cf. jaa matted hair, fibrous roots.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913