ramie
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
the fiber itself.
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How to use ramie in a sentence
ramie or China grass and pineapple fibers are sometimes used as adulterants in the manufacture of silk.
Textiles and Clothing | Kate Heintz WatsonThis plant resembles ramie and belongs to the nettle family also, but it is without the troublesome resin of the ramie.
Textiles and Clothing | Kate Heintz WatsonIn the same district bamboos, ramie-fibre and attar (otto) of roses are cultivated.
To start a ramie industry in a small way and teach the process to those who will engage in it?
ramie is a member of the nettle family and attains a height of from four to eight feet.
Textiles | William H. Dooley
British Dictionary definitions for ramie
ramee
/ (ˈræmɪ) /
a woody urticaceous shrub of Asia, Boehmeria nivea, having broad leaves and a stem that yields a flaxlike fibre
the fibre from this plant, used in making fabrics, cord, etc
Origin of ramie
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