ramie

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ramie - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ramie \Ram"ie\ (r[a^]m"[-e]), 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.
     [1913 Webster]

ramie - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ramie
      n 1: tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green
           leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that
           resembles flax [syn: ramie, ramee, Chinese silk plant
           , China grass, Boehmeria nivea]