rampion
/ˈræmpɪən/noun
1- a Eurasian plant of the bellflower family, some kinds of which have a root that can be eaten in salads匍匐风铃草; 牧根草:
1.1
- a Mediterranean plant with a long narrow spike of bluish flowers and a thick taproot (Campanula rapunculus, family Campanulaceae).地中海风铃草(拉丁名Campanula rapunculus,桔梗科)。
1.2
horned rampion
a grassland plant with dense rounded flower heads of inward curving, typically blue, tubular flowers (genus Phyteuma, family Campanulaceae).牧根草(牧根草属, 桔梗科)。
词源
late 16th cent.: from a variant of medieval Latin rapuncium; compare with German Rapunzel 'lamb's lettuce'.