jute

noun
🔊/dʒuːt/
🔊/dʒuːt/
[uncountable]
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  1. thin threads from a plant, also called jute, used for making rope and rough cloth黄麻纤维
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryJute is used before these nouns:
    • mill
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    Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Bengali jhūṭo ‘matted hair’, from Prakrit (an ancient Indian language) juṣṭi.