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

Type of: bog hemp, false nettle

Part of: Boehmeria, genus Boehmeria

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