rampion

American  

[ram-pee-uhn] / ˈræm pi ən /

noun

1. a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, of the bellflower family, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.

2. any related plant of the genus Phyteuma, having heads or spikes of blue flowers.

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rampion British  

/ ˈræmpɪən /

noun

1. a campanulaceous plant, Campanula rapunculus , native to Europe and Asia, that has clusters of bluish flowers and an edible white tuberous root used in salads

2. any of several plants of the related genus Phyteuma that are native to Europe and Asia and have heads of blue flowers

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Etymology

Origin of rampion

First recorded in 1565–75; probably alteration of Middle French raiponce, from Italian raponzo, derivative of rapa “turnip”; see origin at rape ²)

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Example Sentences

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rampion

This went on for days, and as she knew she could not get the rampion, she pined away, and grew pale and miserable.

From Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm by Lucy Crane

The man, who loved her, thought, "Sooner than let your wife die, bring her some of the rampion yourself, let it cost you what it will."

From Grimm's Fairy Stories by R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen

If it is all as you say you may have as much rampion as you like, on one condition—the child that will come into the world must be given to me.

From Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm by Lucy Crane

"Oh," answered she, "I shall die unless I can have some of that rampion to eat that grows in the garden at the back of our house."

From Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm by Lucy Crane

The cat-mint, when chewed, created quarrelsomeness, a property said by the Italians to belong to the rampion.

From The Folk-lore of Plants by T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton) Dyer

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