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Ramie

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Ramie has 1 sense

ramie(n = noun.plant) boehmeria nivea, china grass, chinese silk plant, ramee - tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax; Array

is a member of boehmeria, genus boehmeria

is a kind of bog hemp, false nettle

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Ramie, n. [From Malay.].

The grasscloth plant (B); also, its fiber, which is very fine and exceedingly strong; -- called also China grass, and rhea. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Ramie, n.
1 any of various tall East Asian plants of the genus Boehmeria, esp. B. nivea.
2 a strong fibre obtained from this, woven into cloth.

Etymology

Malay rami

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