noun
- a European plant with edible leaves and roots, having bell-shaped blue or white flowers
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The fairy tale character Rapunzel was named after rampion, which her mother craved during pregnancy.
- Wild rampion can be found growing in meadows and along roadsides in Europe.
- The gardener harvested rampion leaves for a fresh salad.
- Rampion roots were once commonly eaten as a vegetable in medieval times.
- The delicate blue flowers of rampion bloom throughout the summer months.