rampion

Ultimately from Medieval Latin rapuntium from Latin rapunculus, diminutive of rapum (“turnip”)

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæmpɪən/

rampion (countable and uncountable, plural rampions)

1. A species of bellflower with roots and leaves formerly used in salads, Campanula rapunculus.
   • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 254:

     Rampion grown in the cottage garden made the children of the house quarrelsome; breathing deeply into a handful of mint refreshed your senses, but aconite could cause your death.

2. Any of several flowering plants of the genus Phyteuma, within the family Campanulaceae.