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Webster 1913 Edition
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
.