Meanings
plural ramsons · alternative Scotland ramps · alternative Scotland ramsh
- A plant, Allium ursinum, a wild relative of chives and garlic.
Synonyms: buckram, wild garlic
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA plant, Allium ursinum, a wild relative of chives and garlic.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kermus-
- Proto-Germanic*hramusô“onion, leek”
- Proto-West Germanic*hramusō
- Englishramson
Back-formation from ramsons; compare Middle English ramson (originally plural, taken as singular); Old English hramesan, plural of hramsa (“onion, broad-leafed garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *hramusō, from Proto-Germanic *hramusô (“onion, leek”), from Proto-Indo-European *kermus-, *kremus- (“wild garlic”). Cognate with Scots ramps (“wild garlic”), Dutch rams (“ramson”), Danish rams (“ramson”), Swedish ramslök (“wild garlic”). See buckrams.
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Cite this entry
ramson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ramson
“ramson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ramson. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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