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ramps


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rampion  \Ram"pi*on\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  raiponce  Sp  ruiponce 
  reponche  L.  raperonzo  NL  rapuntium  fr  L.  rapum  rapa,  a 
  turnip,  rape.  Cf  {Rape}  a  plant.]  (Bot.) 
  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. 




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