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JUTE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Jute" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A plant fiber used in making rope or sacks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("jute" is a kind of...):

plant fiber; plant fibre (fiber derived from plants)

Holonyms ("jute" is a substance of...):

rope (a strong line)

bagging; sacking (coarse fabric used for bags or sacks)

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