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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ra·mie /ˈremi, ˈræ-/
 苧麻纖維;苧麻

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ram·ie n.  Bot. The grasscloth plant (Bœhmeria nivea); also, its fiber, which is very fine and exceedingly strong; -- called also China grass, and rhea. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 ramie
      n : tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves;
          cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that
          resembles flax [syn: ramee, Chinese silk plant, China
           grass, Boehmeria nivea]