Definition of RAMSONS

ramsons

Meanings

Noun

  • pungent Old World weedy plant
  • A wild relative of chives, of species Allium ursinum, having edible leaves and roots.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English ramsons, ramsens, rampsons, ramesones, ramsouns, plural of Middle English ramson, ramsen (“wild garlic”), reinterpreted as a singular form, from Old English hramsan, nominative plural of Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *hramusō, from Proto-Germanic *hramusô (“onion; leek”), from Proto-Indo-European *kremus-, *kermus- (“wild garlic; onion”).

Synonyms

Allium ursinum, bear garlic, bear's garlic, broad-leaved garlic, buckram, hog's garlic, wild garlic, wood garlic

Scrabble Score: 9

ramsons is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
ramsons is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ramsons is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

ramsons is a valid Words With Friends word