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1. (n.) ramie
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used esp. in making textiles.
2. ramie
the fiber itself.
Etymology: (1810–20; < Malay rami)
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1. (noun) ramie, ramee, Chinese silk plant, China grass, Boehmeria nivea
tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax
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1. (noun) ramie
the grass-cloth plant (B/hmeria nivea); also, its fiber, which is very fine and exceedingly strong; -- called also China grass, and rhea. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass
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