Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax.
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Examples for "ramie "
Examples for "ramie "
1 The next in importance to linen is ramie or rhea, and China grass.
2 The principal vegetable fibers are cotton, flax, ramie , jute, and hemp.
3 The ramie mantle was found to possess a greater life than the cotton mantle.
4 There was plenty of the ramie cloth at hand, but it was quite yellow.
5 Ginghams are also woven of silk and cotton mixed or of silk and ramie .
1 Ramee Durwan has not a change of turbans.
2 As the Baboo passes, Ramee Durwan, you think, will be ready with profound and obsequious salaam.
3 Author: Louise de la Ramee
5 On the other hand, it was a woman-Louisede la Ramee - who said , "Woman is the instrument of lust."
1 The next in importance to linen is ramie or rhea, and China grass .
2 Ramie or China grass and pineapple fibers are sometimes used as adulterants in the manufacture of silk.
3 Jute, flax, China grass and hemp are common fibres which are derived from the bast of the plants.
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