English Explanatory Dictionary

ramsons

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wild relative of chives, of species Allium ursinum, having edible leaves and roots.

Word forms

ramsons ramson

Etymology

From Middle English ramsons, ramsens, rampsons, ramesones, ramsouns, plural of Middle English ramson, ramsen (“wild garlic”), reinterpreted as a singular form, from Old English hramsan, nominative plural of Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *hramusō, from Proto-Germanic *hramusô (“onion; leek”), from Proto-Indo-European *kremus-, *kermus- (“wild garlic; onion”).

Synonyms

buckram wild garlic broad-leaved garlic wood garlic bear garlic bear's garlic hog's garlic
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