Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of a Low German tribe originally inhabiting Jutland, Denmark, which, with the Saxons and Angles, invaded Great Britain in the fifth century. See
Anglo-Saxon . - noun A plant of the fiber-producing genus Corchorus, natural order Tiliaceæ; chiefly, one of the two species C.capsularis and C.olitorius, which alone furnish the jute-fiber of commerce.
- noun The fiber of this plant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian
Corchorus olitorius , andCorchorus capsularis ; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The coarse, strong fiber of the East
Indian plant, Corchorus olitorius, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc. - noun The plants from which this fibre is obtained.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks
- noun a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Saxons to become Anglo-Saxons
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term jute was first applied to the fiber by Dr. Rosburgh in 1795.
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The scientific name is Corchorus olitorius, also called jute mallow and Egyptian spinach.
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The one I have marked "yarn" and the other "jute" -- a thousand of Mechlin to a hundred of the shiny.
Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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Have you any clear and definite notions as to the prime origin and final destination of a thing called jute, in whose sole manufacture the whole great and flourishing town of Dundee lives and moves and has its being?
Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Grant Allen 1873
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Mumbai: Shifting its stand from an accommodative monetary policy to managing inflation, pegged at a high 8.5 percent by end-March, India's central Ministers (GoM) on Aviation Wednesday sought clarification from national carrier India, which had incurred a loss of Rs. 7,200 crore last fiscal, about Pakistan is developing over Dhaka's ban on export of raw jute, which is threatening the survival of
WN.com - Articles related to First manufacturing zone to come up in Rajasthan 2010
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Mumbai: Shifting its stand from an accommodative monetary policy to managing inflation, pegged at a high 8.5 percent by end-March, India's central Ministers (GoM) on Aviation Wednesday sought clarification from national carrier India, which had incurred a loss of Rs. 7,200 crore last fiscal, about Pakistan is developing over Dhaka's ban on export of raw jute, which is threatening the survival of
WN.com - Articles related to First manufacturing zone to come up in Rajasthan 2010
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Pakistan is developing over Dhaka's ban on export of raw jute, which is threatening the survival of 14 jute mills and livelihood of 100,000 workers in Pakistan.
WN.com - Articles related to Delegation hopes to boost Pakistan rice exports 2010
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All O.K., the wood inside all O.K., only the jute was a little bit destroyed and the leather I must sew again.
NYT > Home Page By ALEXANDRA LANGE 2010
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This paw-print dishcloth is made of 100% cotton yarn, and the color is called "jute".
Archive 2008-05-01 Nupur 2008
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Grown Green Rugs carries rugs made from natural fibers such as jute, sisal, wool, seagrass and coir, all of which are sustainable, biodegradable and environmentally-friendly.
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