Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - jute

 noun  Etymology: Bengali jhu?o  Date: 1746 the glossy fiber of either of two Asian plants (Corchorus olitorius and C. capsularis) of the linden family used chiefly for sacking, burlap, and twine; also a plant producing ~ JUTE  noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin Jutae ~s, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English Eotenas ~s  Date: 14th century a member of a Germanic people invading England from the Continent and settling in Kent in the fifth century  • Jutish adjective