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NOUN:
  1. A tropical Asian perennial herb (Boehmeria nivea) having broad leaves and densely branched panicles of small, unisexual, apetalous flowers.
  2. The flaxlike fiber from the stem of this plant, used in making fabrics and cordage.
ETYMOLOGY:
Malay rami


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