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Definition of China grass

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of China Grass

Literary usage of China grass

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Rossi, of Naples, has patented a method by which china grass can be retted without chemical ... Since china grass contains from 22 to 28 or, in some cases, ..."

2. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1913)
"29 china grass o 07 Sulphite pulp 0.34 Swedish filter-paper oo 3. Ramie, or China Grass, is a fibre obtained from the bast of the stingless ..."

3. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1865)
"Since then experiments have been made on a large scale, especially with a mixture of china grass and cotton, not received from Louisiana. ..."

4. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp (1916)
"Jute resembles cotton which has been mordanted with tannin, and can be dyed directly with basic dyes. china grass, or ramie, is a bast fibre derived from ..."

5. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"china grass has little or no attraction for dyes, and consequently the methods adopted in the dyeing of cotton or of jute are applicable to it It is found ..."

6. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1889)
"... ,—china grass is a soft, silky, very highly absorbent fibre, used in various manufactures. The combings form an elastic silken wool, which, when treated ..."

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