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Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: jute(Noun) The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian plant, Corchorus olitorius, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc. jute(Noun) The plants from which this fibre is obtained.
Jute is a long, soft, shiny vegetable fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from plants in the genus Corchorus, which was once classified with the family Tiliaceae, more recently with Malvaceae, and has now been reclassified as belonging to the family Sparrmanniaceae.t falls into the bast fibre category (fiber collected from bast, the phloem of the plant, sometimes called the skin) along with kenaf, industrial hemp, flax (linen), ramie, etc. The industrial term for jute fiber is raw jute. The fibers are off-white to brown, and 1â4 metres (3â13 feet) long.