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rampion

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ram⋅pi⋅on

  [ram-pee-uhn]
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–noun
1. a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, 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.
Origin:
1565–75; prob. alter. of MF raiponce < It raponzo, deriv. of rapa turnip (< L rāpa; see rape 2 )
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ram·pi·on   (rām'pē-ən)   
n.  

  1. A biennial Eurasian plant (Campanula rapunculus) having rosette leaves with winged stalks, panicles of lilac-colored flowers, and an edible root used in salads.

  2. Any of various similar plants of the genus Phyteuma.


[Probably alteration of French raiponce, from Old French responce, from Old Italian raponzo, probably from rapa, turnip, from Latin rāpum.]
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rampion

any member of the genus Phyteuma, of the bellflower family (Campanulaceae), consisting of about 40 species of perennial plants with long, clustered, hornlike buds and flowers. The genus is native to sunny fields and meadows of the Mediterranean region.

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