Meanings
plural rampions
- countableuncountableA species of bellflower with roots and leaves formerly used in salads, Campanula rapunculus.
Rampion grown in the cottage garden made the children of the house quarrelsome; breathing deeply into a handful of mint refreshed your senses, but aconite could cause your death.
1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 254 - countableuncountableAny of several flowering plants of the genus Phyteuma, within the family Campanulaceae.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounbellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinrapunculus
- Englishrampion
Ultimately from Medieval Latin rapuntium from Latin rapunculus, diminutive of rapum (“turnip”)
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian синя камбанка
- синя камбанка (sinja kambanka)Campanula rapunculus
Catalan repunxons
- repunxonsCampanula rapunculus
Chinese Mandarin 匍匐風鈴草 /匍匐风铃草
- 匍匐風鈴草 /匍匐风铃草 (púfúfēnglíngcǎo)Campanula rapunculus
Czech zvonečník
- zvonečníkPhyteuma
Esperanto fiteŭmo
- fiteŭmoPhyteuma
French raiponce, raiponce
- raiponceCampanula rapunculus
- raiponcePhyteuma
German Rapunzel, Teufelskralle
- RapunzelCampanula rapunculus
- TeufelskrallePhyteuma
Hungarian raponc
- raponcPhyteuma
Italian campanula commestibile, raperonzolo
- campanula commestibileCampanula rapunculus
- raperonzoloCampanula rapunculus
- raponzoloCampanula rapunculus
- raponzoloPhyteuma
Norwegian Bokmål rapunsel
- rapunselCampanula rapunculus
Polish dzwonek rapunkuł, rapunkuł
- dzwonek rapunkułCampanula rapunculus
- rapunkułCampanula rapunculus
- zerwaPhyteuma
Russian колоко́льчик рапу́нцель, колоко́льчик ре́пчатый
- колоко́льчик рапу́нцель (kolokólʹčik rapúncelʹ)Campanula rapunculus
- колоко́льчик ре́пчатый (kolokólʹčik répčatyj)Campanula rapunculus
- ко́льник (kólʹnik)Phyteuma
Spanish rapónchigo
- rapónchigoCampanula rapunculus
Swedish rapunkelklocka
- rapunkelklockaCampanula rapunculus
Cite this entry
rampion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rampion
“rampion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rampion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rampion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rampion.
Source: rampion on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.