Definitions for ramie

ramie ram·ie

Spelling: [ram-ee, rey-mee]
IPA: /ˈræm i, ˈreɪ mi/

Ramie is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in ramie (aeimr).

Definitions for ramie

noun

  1. an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
  2. the fiber itself.

Origin of ramie

First recorded in 1810-20, ramie is from the Malay word rami a kind of grass

Examples for ramie

The ramie mantle was found to possess a greater life than the cotton mantle.

This plant resembles ramie and belongs to the nettle family also, but it is without the troublesome resin of the ramie.

The next in importance to linen is ramie or rhea, and China grass.

ramie or China grass and pineapple fibers are sometimes used as adulterants in the manufacture of silk.

ramie or China grass is a soft, silky, and extremely strong fiber.

China grass comes from a different plant but is about the same as ramie.

In southern China there is produced a kind of very fine linen in the form of ramie, known as China-grass.

The fiber is also variously known in commerce as rheea, ramie, and in China as Tchow-ma.

Ginghams are also woven of silk and cotton mixed or of silk and ramie.

There was plenty of the ramie cloth at hand, but it was quite yellow.

Word Value for ramie
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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