ramie

See also: ramiè and ramię

English

Etymology

From Malay rami.

Noun

ramie (countable and uncountable, plural ramies)

1. (usually countable) A tall, tropical Asian perennial herb, Boehmeria nivea, cultivated for its fibrous stems.
2. (usually uncountable) fibre extracted from this plant, resembling flax.

Synonyms

• China grass, Chinese silk, ramee

Derived terms

• true ramie, white ramie
• green ramie, Indian ramie (Boehmeria nivea var. tenacissima, rhea)

Translations

Boehmeria nivea

• Atayal: kgis, kgiy
• Chinese: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: 苧麻 (zh), 苎麻 (zh) (zhùmá)

• Estonian: ramjee
• Finnish: rami (fi), kiinanruoho
• German: Ramie f
• Japanese: 苧 (ja) (からむし, karamushi)

• Malay: rami
• Miyako: ブー (bū)
• Polish: szczmiel m
• Romanian: ramie (ro) f, ramia (ro) f (rare)
• Tagalog: amiray, arimay
• Thai: ป่านรามี

fibre

• Finnish: rami (fi)

Anagrams

• Maire, Marie, Miera, aimer, armie, reaim, rimae

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Italian

Noun

ramie f

1. plural of ramia

Anagrams

• reami, remai