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Ramie

Ram′ie

(răm′ē̍)
,
Noun.
[From Malay.]
(Bot.)
The grasscloth plant (
Bœhmeria nivea
); also, its fiber, which is very fine and exceedingly strong; – called also
China grass
, and
rhea
. See
Grass-cloth plant
, under
Grass
.

Definition 2024


ramie

ramie

See also: ramiè and ramię

English

Noun

ramie (countable and uncountable, plural ramies)

  1. (usually countable) A tall, tropical Asian perennial herb, Boehmeria nivea, cultivated for its fibrous stems.
  2. (usually uncountable) fibre extracted from this plant, resembling flax.

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Italian

Noun

ramie f

  1. plural of ramia

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