| rampion | (n) bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad, Syn. Campanula rapunculus, rampion bellflower |
| common evening primrose | (n) a coarse biennial of eastern North America with yellow flowers that open in the evening; naturalized in Europe, Syn. German rampion, Oenothera biennis |
| Rampion | 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 ☞ The name is sometimes given to plants of the genus |