'Ramie' definitions:
Definition of 'ramie'
From: WordNet
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, Chinese silk plant, China grass, Boehmeria nivea]
Definition of 'Ramie'
From: GCIDE
- Ramie \Ram"ie\ (r[a^]m"[-e]), 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. [1913 Webster]