Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ramie"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ramie \Ram"ie\, n. [From Malay.] (Bot.)
The grasscloth plant ({B[oe]hmeria nivea}); also, its fiber,
which is very fine and exceedingly strong; -- called also
{China grass}, and {rhea}. See {Grass-cloth plant}, under
{Grass}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ramie
n : tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves;
cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that
resembles flax [syn: {ramee}, {Chinese silk plant}, {China
grass}, {Boehmeria nivea}]
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