jute

Meaning

  1. The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.
  2. The plants from which this fibre is obtained.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/d͡ʒuːt/
Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali ঝুট (jhuṭ).

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