[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rampion \ram"pion\ ra^m"pi^u^n, 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

   note: the name is sometimes given to plants of the genus
         phyteuma, herbs of the bellflower family, and to the
         american evening primrose oenothera biennis,
         which has run wild in some parts of europe.
         1913 webster
see also:
rape campanula rapunculus ramps phyteuma oenothera biennis 

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