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ramson
[ ram-zuhn, -suhn ]
noun
- a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- Usually ramsons. its bulbous root, used as a relish.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ramson1
before 1000; Middle English ramsyn (originally plural, taken as singular); Old English hramesan, plural of hramsa broad-leafed garlic; cognate with Greek krómmyon onion
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Example Sentences
Ramson Young started an old-time school play of snapping the whip.
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"Ramson says that regular black beetles are out of season, sir," he reported.
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My mammy's name was Margaret, and she was born under the Ramson's, back in Tennessee.
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