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Meanings of Chinese silk plant in English
Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax.
Synonyms
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
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By Louise De La Ramee
5
On the other hand, it was a woman-Louisede la Ramee-whosaid, "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.