different between ramson vs garlic

English

Alternative forms

• ramps, ramsh (Scotland)

Etymology

Back-formation from ramsons; compare Middle English ramson (originally plural, taken as singular); Old English hramesan, plural of hramsa (“onion, broad-leafed garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *hramus?, from Proto-Germanic *hramusô (“onion, leek”), from Proto-Indo-European *kermus-, *kremus- (“wild garlic”). Cognate with Scots ramps (“wild garlic”), Dutch rams (“ramson”), Danish rams (“ramson”), Swedish ramslök (“wild garlic”). See buckrams.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æms?n/

Noun

ramson (plural ramsons)

1. A plant, Allium ursinum, a wild relative of chives and garlic.

Synonyms

• (Allium ursinum): buckram, wild garlic

Translations

See also

• ramp

Anagrams

• Armons, Manors, Marons, Marson, Ransom, Romans, Rosman, manors, morans, mornas, normas, ransom, sarmon

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ramesen, rampson, rampsoun, ramsen, ramsoun, ramsyn

Etymology

The old plural of ramese (from Old English hramsa (“ramsons”)) taken as a singular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ram(p)s?n/

Noun

ramson (plural ramsons)

1. ramsons (Allium ursinum)

   Synonyms: affodill, ramese

Descendants

• English: ramson, ramsons

References

• “ramsen, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• garlicke (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English garlik, garleek, garlek, garlec, from Old English g?rl?ac (“garlic”, literally “spear-leek”), from g?r (“spear”, in reference to the cloves) + l?ac (“leek”). Cognate with Scots garlek, garleke, garlik (“garlic”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????l?k/
• (US) enPR: gär?l?k, IPA^(key): /????l?k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)l?k

Noun

garlic (countable and uncountable, plural garlics)

1. A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.

Derived terms

Related terms

• leek

Translations

Verb

garlic (third-person singular simple present garlics, present participle garlicking, simple past and past participle garlicked)

1. To flavour with garlic

Translations

See also

• alliaceous
• ramp, ramson

Further reading

• garlic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• garlic on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Middle English

Noun

garlic

1. Alternative form of garlek