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ramson

/ˈɹæmsən/

Rhymes with -æmsən

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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.

noun ramsons · ramps · ramsh

A plant, Allium ursinum, a wild relative of chives and garlic.
Similar: buckram, wild garlic

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@misc{ramson_2026,
  title = {ramson},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ramson},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}