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jute

UK/d͡ʒuːt/ US/juːt/ uncommon

noun

1.

a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks

2.

a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Saxons to become Anglo-Saxons

Origin

From Latin plural Iuti, Iutae (in Bede), from Old English Ēotas. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *eut, from Proto-Germanic *eutaz, *eutaniz. The spelling was later influenced by Medieval Latin Jutae, Juti.

Phrases

  • Congo jute
  • jute mallow
  • nalta jute
  • tossa jute

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