ramsons

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

ramsons

/ˈɹæmsənz/

Rhymes with -æmsənz

Where it comes from

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”).

noun ramson

plural, plural normally A wild relative of chives, of species Allium ursinum, having edible leaves and roots.
Similar: buckram, wild garlic, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear garlic, bear's garlic, hog's garlic

Translations

Every language

noun Allium ursinum

Español	ajo de oso
中文	熊蔥 /熊葱 xióngcōng, 野韭菜 yějiǔcài
Português	alho selvagem, alho-dos-ursos
Français	ail des ours
Deutsch	Bärlauch
Italiano	aglio orsino
Română	leurdă
Русский	черемша́ čeremšá

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"ramsons." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ramsons. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

ramsons. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ramsons

Chicago

"ramsons." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ramsons.

BibTeX

@misc{ramsons_2026,
  title = {ramsons},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ramsons},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}