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ramee

ramee is the archaic form of ramie.

Meaning of ramie

Noun

ramie (countable and uncountable, plural ramies)

  1. (countable, usually) A tall, tropical Asian perennial herb, of species Boehmeria nivea, cultivated for its fibrous stems.
  2. (uncountable, usually) The fibre extracted from this plant known especially for its ability to hold shape, reduce wrinkling, and introduce a silky lustre used to make textiles, fishing nets, upholstery, etc.

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Forms of ramee

pluralramees

Questions about ramee

What is ramee the archaic form of?
Ramee is the archaic form of ramie.

Words near ramee in the dictionary

  1. Rameans
  2. Rameau
  3. rameauite
  4. ramed
  5. ramed over
  6. ramee
  7. ramees
  8. rameish
  9. ramekin
  10. ramekins
  11. ramelteon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ramee (page history and authors); ramie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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