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