| ramie | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. boehmeria nivea, china grass, chinese silk plant, ramee, ramie | tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax. |
| ~ boehmeria, genus boehmeria | false nettle. |
| ~ bog hemp, false nettle | any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs. |
| rummy | | |
| n. (person) | 1. drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino | a chronic drinker. |
| ~ alcoholic, alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, souse, soaker | a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually. |
| ~ imbiber, juicer, toper, drinker | a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess). |
| n. (act) | 2. rum, rummy | a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards. |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| ~ gin rummy, knock rummy, gin | a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points. |
| ~ basket rummy, canasta, meld | a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank. |
| adj. | 3. curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular | beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" |
| ~ strange, unusual | being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird.; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has" |
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