ramie, ramee, Chinese silk plant, China grass, Boehmeria nivea
(noun) tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ramie (countable and uncountable, plural ramies)
(usually, countable) A tall, tropical Asian perennial herb, Boehmeria nivea, cultivated for its fibrous stems.
(usually, uncountable) fibre extracted from this plant, resembling flax.
• China grass, Chinese silk, ramee
• Maire, Marie, Miera, aimer, armie, reaim, rimae
Source: Wiktionary
Ram"ie, n. Etym: [From Malay.] (Bot.)
Definition: The grasscloth plant (Boehmeria nivea); also, its fiber, which is very fine and exceedingly strong; -- called also China grass, and rhea. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
