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Ramie

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The grass-cloth plant (B/hmeria nivea); also, its fiber, which is very fine and exceedingly strong; - called also China grass, and rhea. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ramie'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/ramie.html. 1828.