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Wild garlic
Answer for the clue "Wild garlic ", 6 letters:
ramson
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Word definitions for ramson in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A plant, ''Allium ursinum'', a wild relative of chives and garlic.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ramson \Ram"son\ (r[a^]m"z'n), n. [AS. hramsan, pl., akin to G. rams, Sw. rams, ramsl["o]k; cf. Gr. kro`myon onion.] (Bot.) A broad-leaved species of garlic ( Allium ursinum ), common in European gardens; -- called also buckram .
Usage examples of ramson.
In the midst of the room, chest-deep in a tub filled with a foaming mess of chopped brome and ramsons, sat the Lord of Cantara.
Steeped as he was in the vile liquid, he was likely to stink of the ramsons she had added to his bath for many days to come.
Lower down, the trees gave way to brambles and great swathes of ramsons, their small white spikes just beginning to bloom.