ramsons

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”).

ramsons pl (normally plural, singular ramson)

1. A wild relative of chives, of species Allium ursinum, having edible leaves and roots.

• (wild garlic): buckram, wild garlic, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear garlic, bear's garlic, hog's garlic

• Allium ursinum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Allium ursinum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Allium ursinum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• ramsons at USDA Plants database

• Ransoms, Rosmans, Rossman, ransoms, sarmons

ramsons

1. plural of ramson