[ dʒu:t ]
■ noun
1》 rough fibre made from the stems of a tropical plant, used for making rope or woven into sacking.
2》 the plant cultivated for ~ fibre, with edible young shoots. [ Corchorus capsularis (China) and C. olitorius (India).]
Origin
C18: from Bengali jhūṭo , from Prakrit juṛṭi .