RAMPION

rampion, rampion bellflower, Campanula rapunculus

(noun) bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

rampion (countable and uncountable, plural rampions)

A species of bellflower with roots and leaves formerly used in salads, Campanula rapunculus

Any of several flowering plants of the genus Phyteuma, within the family Campanulaceae.

Source: Wiktionary


Ram"pi*on, n. Etym: [Cf. F. raiponce, Sp. ruiponce, reponche, L. raperonzo, NL. rapuntium, fr. L. rapum, rapa, a turnip, rape. Cf. Rape a plant.] (Bot.)

Definition: A plant (Campanula Rapunculus) of the Bellflower family, with a tuberous esculent root; -- also called ramps.

Note: The name is sometimes given to plants of the genus Phyteuma, herds of the Bellflower family, and to the American evening primrose (Enothera biennis), which has run wild in some parts of Europe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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