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Bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad
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rampion
Word definitions for rampion in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Rampion is a common name for several plants including Campanula rapunculus , a species of wildflower formerly cultivated as a vegetable Physoplexis comosa , tufted horned rampion Phyteuma , a genus of wildflowers
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rampion \Ram"pi*on\ (r[a^]m"p[i^]*[u^]n), 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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad [syn: rampion bellflower , Campanula rapunculus ]
Usage examples of rampion.
There were no bellflowers, rampions, worts, groundsels, daisies, lilies, saxifrages, pinks, monkshoods, or beautiful little edelweiss to ease the bitter cold monotony of the freezing fields of winter.
There ere no bellflowers, rampions, worts, groundsels, daisies, lilies, saxi aees, pinks, monkshoods, or beautiful little edelweiss to ease the fcter cold monotony of the freezing fields of winter.