Fiber from an Asian shrub

• Asian fiber plant
• Sheep that is seen in shrub
• Cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax
• Kind of hemp
• Source of bast fiber
• Strong fiber
• Fiber from Asian nettle
• Lustrous bast fiber

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ramie \Ram"ie\ (r[a^]m"[-e]), n. [From Malay.] (Bot.) The grasscloth plant ( B[oe]hmeria nivea ); also, its fiber, which is very fine and exceedingly strong; -- called also China grass , and rhea . See Grass-cloth plant , under Grass .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ramie (, ) is a flowering plant in the nettle family Urticaceae , native to eastern Asia . It is a herbaceous perennial growing to 1–2.5 m tall; the leaves are heart-shaped, 7–15 cm long and 6–12 cm broad, and white on the underside with dense small hairs—this ...