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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
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]
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.
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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