The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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 Corchorus capsularis; also, the plant
   itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth,
   cordage, hangings, paper, etc.
   [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jutes \Jutes\ (j[=u]ts), prop. n. pl. sing. Jute. (Ethnol.)
   Jutlanders; one of the Low German tribes, a portion of which
   settled in Kent, England, in the 5th century.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

jute
    n 1: a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks
    2: a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and
       merged with the Angles and Saxons to become Anglo-Saxons