Ramson

Alternative forms

• ramps, ramsh Scotland

Origin

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

Full definition of ramson

Noun

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

Synonyms

• (Allium ursinum) buckram, wild garlic

Anagrams

• manors, morans, normas, ransom, Romans