Ramie, the Glossary

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1. 52 relations: Agriculture in Brazil, Agriculture in China, Agriculture in Taiwan, Agriculture in the Philippines, Agriculture, forestry, and fishing in Japan, Asia, Bacteria, Bast fibre, Bioplastic, Bookbinding, Canvas, Carl Linnaeus, Cellulose, Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré, Charvet Place Vendôme, Cortex (botany), Cotton, Decorticator, East Asia, Egypt, Fiber, Fiber crop, Flax, Flowering plant, Fungus, Hakka people, Herbaceous plant, History of China, International Year of Natural Fibres, Kuih, Leaf, Library of Congress, Linen, Malay language, Malay Peninsula, Ornamental plant, Parenchyma, Perennial, Petroleum, Phloem, Plastic pollution, Raoul Dufy, Silk, Soybean, Textile, Toyota, Toyota Prius, Tropics, Upholstery, Urtica dioica, ... Expand index (2 more) »

2. Boehmeria
3. Crops originating from Asia

Agriculture in Brazil

The agriculture of Brazil is historically one of the principal bases of Brazil's economy.

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Agriculture in China

China primarily produces rice, wheat, potatoes, tomato, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, cotton, oilseed, corn and soybeans.

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Agriculture in Taiwan

Agriculture is one of the main industries in Taiwan.

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Agriculture in the Philippines

Agriculture in the Philippines is a major sector of the economy, ranking third among the sectors in 2022 behind only Services and Industry.

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Agriculture, forestry, and fishing in Japan

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing form the primary sector of industry of the Japanese economy together with the Japanese mining industry, but together they account for only 1.3% of gross national product.

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Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.

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Bacteria

Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.

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Bast fibre

Bast fibre (also called phloem fibre or skin fibre) is plant fibre collected from the phloem (the "inner bark", sometimes called "skin") or bast surrounding the stem of certain dicotyledonous plants. Ramie and bast fibre are fiber plants.

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Bioplastic

Bioplastics are plastic materials produced from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, straw, woodchips, sawdust, recycled food waste, etc.

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Bookbinding

Bookbinding is the process of building a book, usually in codex format, from an ordered stack of paper sheets with one's hands and tools, or in modern publishing, by a series of automated processes.

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Canvas

Canvas is an extremely durable plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, shelters, as a support for oil painting and for other items for which sturdiness is required, as well as in such fashion objects as handbags, electronic device cases, and shoes.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.

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Cellulose

Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula, a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units.

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Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré

Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré (September 4, 1789 – January 16, 1854) was a French botanist.

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Charvet Place Vendôme

Charvet Place Vendôme, commonly known as Charvet, is a French high-end shirt maker and tailor located at 28 Place Vendôme in Paris, France.

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Cortex (botany)

In botany, a cortex is an outer layer of a stem or root in a vascular plant, lying below the epidermis but outside of the vascular bundles.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. Ramie and cotton are fiber plants.

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Decorticator

A decorticator (from Latin: cortex, bark) is a machine for stripping the skin, bark, or rind off nuts, wood, plant stalks, grain, etc., in preparation for further processing.

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East Asia

East Asia is a geographical and cultural region of Asia including the countries of China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Fiber

Fiber or fibre (British English; from fibra) is a natural or artificial substance that is significantly longer than it is wide.

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Fiber crop

Fiber crops are field crops grown for their fibers, which are traditionally used to make paper, cloth, or rope. Ramie and fiber crop are fiber plants.

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Flax

Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a flowering plant, Linum usitatissimum, in the family Linaceae. Ramie and flax are crops originating from Asia and fiber plants.

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Flowering plant

Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae, commonly called angiosperms.

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Fungus

A fungus (fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.

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Hakka people

The Hakka, sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China and who speak a language that is closely related to Gan, a Han Chinese dialect spoken in Jiangxi province.

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Herbaceous plant

Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground.

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History of China

The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area.

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International Year of Natural Fibres

The United Nations General Assembly declared 2009 as the International Year of Natural Fibres (IYNF), as well as the International Year of Astronomy.

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Kuih

Kuih (Jawi:; Indonesian: kue; derived from the Hokkien and Teochew kueh –) are bite-sized snack or dessert foods commonly found in Southeast Asia and China.

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Leaf

A leaf (leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.

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Linen

Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant.

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Malay language

Malay (Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of Thailand.

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Malay Peninsula

The Malay Peninsula is located in Mainland Southeast Asia.

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Ornamental plant

Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space.

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Parenchyma

bullae. Parenchyma is the bulk of functional substance in an animal organ or structure such as a tumour.

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Perennial

In botany, a perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years.

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Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.

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Phloem

Phloem is the living tissue in vascular plants that transports the soluble organic compounds made during photosynthesis and known as photosynthates, in particular the sugar sucrose, to the rest of the plant.

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Plastic pollution

Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects humans, wildlife and their habitat.

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Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy (French:; 3 June 1877 – 23 March 1953) was a French painter associated with the Fauvist movement.

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Silk

Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles.

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Soybean

The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (Glycine max) is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses. Ramie and soybean are fiber plants.

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Textile

Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc.

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Toyota

is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan.

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Toyota Prius

The is a compact/small family liftback (supermini/subcompact sedan until 2003) produced by Toyota.

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Tropics

The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator.

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Upholstery

Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats, with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers.

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Urtica dioica

Urtica dioica, often known as common nettle, burn nettle, stinging nettle (although not all plants of this species sting) or nettle leaf, or just a nettle or stinger, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. Ramie and Urtica dioica are fiber plants and Flora of temperate Asia.

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Urticaceae

The Urticaceae are a family, the nettle family, of flowering plants.

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Wool

Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids.

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See also

Boehmeria

• Boehmeria
• Boehmeria cylindrica
• Boehmeria depauperata
• Boehmeria grandis
• Boehmeria japonica
• Boehmeria ramiflora
• Boehmeria virgata
• Boehmeria virgata subsp. macrophylla
• Ramie

Crops originating from Asia

• Artocarpus styracifolius
• Black-eyed pea
• Breadfruit
• Buckwheat
• Calabash
• Camelina sativa
• Cannabis sativa
• Cantaloupe
• Carrot
• Cauliflower
• Domesticated plants and animals of Austronesia
• Echium vulgare
• Eddoe
• Fagopyrum
• Fagopyrum cymosum
• Fagopyrum tataricum
• Flax
• Guar
• Inocarpus fagifer
• Jaffa orange
• Kharchia wheat
• Leucocasia gigantea
• Metroxylon sagu
• Mung bean
• Onion
• Oryza sativa
• Panicum sumatrense
• Pomegranate
• Ramie
• Saccharum officinarum
• Saccharum sinense
• Soybeans
• Sugarcane
• Taro
• Tetragonia tetragonioides
• Thinopyrum intermedium
• Winged bean

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramie

Also known as Boehmeria nivea, China grass, Chinese grass, Chinese silk plant, Green ramie.

, Urticaceae, Wool.