ramson

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Ramsons

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Etymology

Back-formation from ramsons; compare Middle English ramson (originally plural, taken as singular); Old English hramesan, plural of hramsa (“onion, broad-leafed garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *hramusō, from Proto-Germanic *hramusô (“onion, leek”), from Proto-Indo-European *kermus-, *kremus- (“wild garlic”). Cognate with Scots ramps (“wild garlic”), Dutch rams (“ramson”), Danish rams (“ramson”), Swedish ramslök (“wild garlic”). See buckrams.

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Noun

ramson (plural ramsons)

  1. A plant, Allium ursinum, a wild relative of chives and garlic.

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Etymology

The old plural of ramese (from Old English hramsa (“ramsons”)) taken as a singular.

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Noun

ramson (plural ramsons)

  1. ramsons (Allium ursinum)
    Synonyms: affodill, ramese

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  • English: ramson, ramsons

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