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ramie

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ramie: see nettle nettle, common name for the Urticaceae, a family of fibrous herbs, small shrubs, and trees found chiefly in the tropics and subtropics. Several genera of nettles are covered with small stinging hairs that on contact emit an irritant (formic acid) which produces a
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ramie [′rā·mē]
(botany)
Boehmeria nivea.A shrub or half-shrub of the nettle family (Urticaceae) cultivated as a source of a tough, strong, durable, lustrous natural woody fiber resembling flax, obtained from the phloem of the plant; used for high-quality papers and fabrics. Also known as China grass; rhea.


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Pok's granddaughter and his daughter Ramie will be visiting at the same time.
The state of parks and recreation right now on the Gulf Coast is zero," says Ramie Ford, director of the Jackson, Miss.
In addition to the opening reception, which drew hundreds to the trendy South of Market gallery, other exhibition-related events included a donor's preview, a forum with artists at the University of San Francisco, an Arab youth social, and a piano concert by Ramie Khalife.
 
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