(n) bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad, Syn.Campanula rapunculus, rampion bellflower
(n) a coarse biennial of eastern North America with yellow flowers that open in the evening; naturalized in Europe, Syn.German rampion, Oenothera biennis
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. [ Cf. F. raiponce, Sp. ruiponce, reponche, L. raperonzo, NL. rapuntium, fr. L. rapum, rapa, a turnip, rape. Cf. Rape a plant. ] (Bot.) A plant (Campanula Rapunculus) of the Bellflower family, with a tuberous esculent root; -- also called ramps. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The name is sometimes given to plants of the genus Phyteuma, herbs of the Bellflower family, and to the American evening primrose (Œnothera biennis), which has run wild in some parts of Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]
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