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Chinese silk plant

noun

tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax

• Syn: ↑ramie, ↑ramee, ↑China grass, ↑Boehmeria nivea

• Hypernyms: ↑false nettle, ↑bog hemp

• Member Holonyms: ↑Boehmeria, ↑genus Boehmeria

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noun

Usage: usually capitalized C

: ramie 1

Useful english dictionary. 2012.