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n. Either of two Asian plants (Corchorus capsularis or C. olitorius) yielding a fiber used for sacking and cordage.

n. The fiber obtained from these plants.

n. The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian plant, Corchorus olitorius, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.

n. The plants from which this fibre is obtained.

n. 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.

n. 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.

n. 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.

n. The fiber of this plant.

n. a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks

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

"The scientific name is Corchorus olitorius, also called jute mallow and Egyptian spinach."

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