china grass

1. 1.

   tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax

   SynonymsramierameeChinese silk plantBoehmeria nivea

   Broaderfalse nettle

   Part ofBoehmeria

Questions about china grass

What does china grass mean?

china grass means "tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax".

What is another word for china grass?

Close synonyms include ramie, ramee, Chinese silk plant, Boehmeria nivea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is china grass a common word?

china grass is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.