ramie
Americannoun
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an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
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the fiber itself.
noun
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a woody urticaceous shrub of Asia, Boehmeria nivea , having broad leaves and a stem that yields a flaxlike fibre
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the fibre from this plant, used in making fabrics, cord, etc
Etymology
Origin of ramie
First recorded in 1810–20, ramie is from the Malay word rami a kind of grass
Example Sentences
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The classic semiformal hanbok worn today, made from fine silk and ramie in an array of colors, is largely derived from styles worn by royalty and upper classes in the late Joseon era.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2022
Its ramie fabric industry declined, with most of South Korea’s clothes now imported or made of synthetic materials.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2021
Ash Arder’s sound piece evokes a failed 19th-century trial of machines designed to strip ramie fiber so it could used for textiles.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2018
Imported materials would be cork, rubber, tung oil and ramie, Egyptian mummy-wrapping fibre.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had conspicuously displayed the ramie cloth, made in different colors, which had been woven during the past two weeks.
From The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages by Finlay, Roger Thompson
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