Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Jute

Jute (jūt) , noun

[Hind. jūt, Sanskrit jūta matted hair; compare jata matted hair, fibrous roots.]

The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorus olitorius, and Corchorus capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc.