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Webster 1913 Edition

Rampion

Ram′pi-on

(răm′pĭ-ŭn)
,
Noun.
[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
.
☞ The name is sometimes given to plants of the genus
Phyteuma
, herbs of the Bellflower family, and to the American evening primrose (
Œnothera biennis
), which has run wild in some parts of Europe.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rampion

RAM'PION

,
Noun.
[from ramp.] The name of several plants; as the common esculent rampion, a species of Campanula; the crested rampion, a species of Lobelia; the horned rampion, a species of Phyteuma.

Definition 2024

rampion

rampion

English

Noun

rampion ‎(plural rampions)

  1. A species a bellflower with roots and leaves formerly used in salads, Campanula rapunculus
  2. Any of several flowering plants of the genus Phyteuma, within the family Campanulaceae.

Translations

Etymology

Ultimately from Medieval Latin rapuntium from Latin rapunculus, diminutive of rapum ‎(“turnip”)

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