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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.

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