Flax cousin

• Flaxlike fiber
• Chinese silk plant
• Tough plant fiber
• Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves
• Bast fiber source
• Bast fiber
• Fiber from Asian nettle
• Kind of hemp

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (lb en usually countable) A tall, tropical Asian perennial herb, (taxlink Boehmeria nivea species noshow=1), cultivated for its fibrous stems. 2 (lb en usually uncountable) fibre extracted from this plant, resembling flax.

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 .