資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Jute \Jute\ (j[=u]t), n. [Hind. j[=u]t, Skr. j[=u][.t]a matted
   hair; cf. ja[.t]a matted hair, fibrous roots.]
   The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian {Corchorus
   olitorius}, and {C. capsularis}; also, the plant itself. The
   fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage,
   hangings, paper, etc.

Gunny \Gun"ny\, n., Gunny cloth \Gun"ny cloth`\ [Hind. gon,
   gon?,, a sack, sacking.]
   A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers
   (called jute) of two plants of the genus {Corchorus} ({C.
   olitorius} and {C. capsularis}), of India. The fiber is also
   used in the manufacture of cordage.

   {Gunny bag}, a sack made of gunny, used for coarse
      commodities.