Definitions for rampion

rampion ram·pi·on

Spelling: [ram-pee-uh n]
IPA: /ˈræm pi ən/

Rampion is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 243 anagrams from letters in rampion (aimnopr).

Definitions for rampion

noun

  1. a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
  2. any related plant of the genus Phyteuma, having heads or spikes of blue flowers.

Origin of rampion

1565-75; probably alteration of Middle French raiponce Italian raponzo, derivative of rapa turnip (Latin rāpa; see rape2)

Examples for rampion

Hence, in ancient dream-books, a dream in which the rampion is seen is interpreted as a sure sign of an impending quarrel.

Rather than lose my wife I will get some rampion, cost what it will.

This went on for days, and as she knew she could not get the rampion, she pined away, and grew pale and miserable.

My wife saw your rampion from the window, and felt such a longing for it that she would have died if she had not got some to eat.'

And in the kitchen-garden at Castlewood no rampion would she allow while she lived.

rampion, phyteuma spicata, was formerly used in like manner.

rampion, ram′pi-on, n. a perennial plant with esculent root.

The rampion is a biennial plant, indigenous to the south of Europe, and occasionally found in a wild state in England.

Word Value for rampion
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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