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Webster 1913 Edition
Gunny cloth
Gun′ny
(gŭn′ny̆)
, Noun.
Gun′ny clothˊ
(klŏthˊ; 115)
. [Hind.
goṇ
, goṇī
, 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.