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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. | |
