ramson
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Back-formation from ramsons; compare Middle English ramsyn (originally plural, taken as singular); Old English hramesan, plural of hramsa (“onion, broad-leafed garlic”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hramusô (“onion, leek”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kermus-, *kremus- (“wild garlic”). Cognate with Scots ramps (“wild garlic”), Danish rams (“ramson”), Swedish ramslök (“wild garlic”). See buckrams.
Noun
ramson (plural ramsons)
- A plant, Allium ursinum, a wild relative of chives and garlic.
Synonyms
- (Allium ursinum): buckram, wild garlic
Translations
ramsons — see ramsons