Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
Related Searches
Nearby Words

ramie

 - 3 dictionary results
Ramie
Ramie Online. Shop Target.com.
www.Target.com

ram⋅ie

  [ram-ee, rey-mee]
Use ramie in a Sentence
–noun
1. an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used esp. in making textiles.
2. the fiber itself.
Origin:
1810–20; < Malay rami a kind of grass
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To ramie
Ramie
Ramie Online. Shop Target.com.
www.Target.com
ram·ie   (rām'ē, rā'mē)   
n.  

  1. A tropical Asian perennial herb (Boehmeria nivea) having broad leaves and densely branched panicles of small, unisexual, apetalous flowers.

  2. The flaxlike fiber from the stem of this plant, used in making fabrics and cordage.


[Malay rami.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Encyclopedia

ramie

any of several fibre-yielding plants of the genus Boehmeria, belonging to the nettle family (Urticaceae), and their fibre, one of the bast fibre (q.v.) group. Boehmeria nivea, native to China, is the species usually cultivated for fibre, although B. nivea variety tenacissima, native to Malaysia and frequently called rhea, is also a fibre source

Learn more about ramie with a free trial on Britannica.com.

Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
Cite This Source
Search another word or see ramie on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us:
Partner Sites:
Ask AnswersEviteExpediaHotelsHotwireLife123LiveDailyMy Way