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Ramie

noun
1.
Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax.  Synonyms: Boehmeria nivea, China grass, Chinese silk plant, ramee.





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... through a 30 per cent. solution of zinc chloride and subjected to hydraulic pressure comes out hard and horny and may be used for trunks and suit cases. Viscose tubes for sausage containers are more sanitary and appetizing than the customary casings. Viscose replaces ramie or cotton in the Welsbach gas mantles. Viscose film, transparent and a thousandth of an inch thick (cellophane), serves for candy wrappers. Cellulose acetate cylinders spun out of larger orifices than silk are trying—not ...
— Creative Chemistry - Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries • Edwin E. Slosson


Words linked to "Ramie" :   Chinese silk plant, Boehmeria nivea, genus Boehmeria, bog hemp, ramee, China grass, false nettle, Boehmeria


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