ramie

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ram=ie

CIDE DICTIONARY

ramie, n. [From Malay.].

 The grasscloth plant (B); also, its fiber, which is very fine and exceedingly strong; -- called also China grass, and rhea. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ramie, n.
1 any of various tall East Asian plants of the genus Boehmeria, esp. B. nivea.
2 a strong fibre obtained from this, woven into cloth.

Etymology

Malay rami