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ram⋅son

  [ram-zuhn, -suhn]
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–noun
1. a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
2. Usually, ramsons. its bulbous root, used as a relish.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME ramsyn (orig. pl., taken as sing.); OE hramesan, pl. of hramsa broad-leafed garlic; c. Gk krómmyon onion
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ram·son   (rām'zən, -sən)   
n.  A Eurasian garlic (Allium ursinum) having broad, stalked, oblong to lance-shaped leaves and bulbous roots used in salads and relishes. Often used in the plural.

[Middle English ramsyn, from Old English hramsan, pl. of hramsa.]
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