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jute.

The coarse, strong fibre of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.

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Meaning & usage

noun/d͡ʒuːt/
  1. The coarse, strong fibre of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The plants from which this fibre is obtained.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Bengali ঝুট (jhuṭ). Likely related to Ukrainian джгут (džhut) and Russian жгут (žgut).

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