ramsons

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

Noun

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

Origin

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”).

Forms

ramson

Synonyms

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