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单词 ramie grass
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ramie grass
a. The herbaceous plant Boehmeria nivea (family Urticaceae), originating in tropical Asia and widely cultivated for its valuable fibre; also called China grass, grass-cloth plant, and rhea. Also ramie grass, ramie plant.
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Japan allspice1789
ramie1817
kaffir lime1824
luculia1826
rice-paper plant1832
pith plant1834
chimonanthus1836
jiti1836
rhea1837
leycesteria1838
wintersweet1846
crape-myrtle1850
skimmia1853
China-grass1858
taccada1866
saxaul1874
white kerria1900
sarcococca1914
1817 T. S. Raffles Hist. Java I. 37 Among plants, the widúri and rámi, the fibres of the latter afford very strong and durable cords.
1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca I. vii. 444 The Rámi Rámi,..the fibres of which the Malays twist into fishing lines, cordage, etc., flourishes on the peninsula.
1884 Weekly Scotsman 9 Feb. 1/7 The rhea, China grass, or ramie plant, as it is variously called, is said to possess the strongest fibre in nature.
1955 Sci. News Let. 2 Apr. 213/2 Ramie..produces a strong silky fiber used to make upholstery material.
1978 Nagel's Encycl.-guide: China (ed. 3) 277 China produces tobacco (400,000 tons in 1956) and fibre-bearing plants—jute, ramie, hemp.
1997 Guardian 3 Mar. ii. 15/4 Coconut fibre and banana fibre are also being evaluated along with ramie grass, a variety of nettle widely cultivated in China to make clothes, bank notes and gas mantles.
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