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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ram·pi·on n.  Bot. A plant (Campanula Rapunculus) of the Bellflower family, with a tuberous esculent root; -- also called ramps.
 Note: ☞ 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Campanula rapunculus
      n : bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish
          flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves
          in salad [syn: rampion, rampion bellflower]