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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ramie \Ram"ie\, 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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ramie
n : tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves;
cultivated for flax-like fiber from its woody stems [syn:
{ramee}, {Chinese silk plant}, {China grass}, {Boehmeria
nivea}]
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