rampion bellflower

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A plant with blue bell-shaped flowers whose root and leaves are edible

noun

: rampión

The rampion bellflower thrives in well-drained soil and blooms mid-summer with striking blue flowers.

Examples

She added young leaves of the rampion bellflower to her salad for a slightly sweet, earthy flavor.
Historically, people valued the rampion bellflower for its edible roots and medicinal properties.
Are rampion bellflowers edible?
The leaves of the rampion bellflower can be used in salads.
She added young leaves of the rampion bellflower to her salad for a slightly sweet, earthy flavor.
Historically, people valued the rampion bellflower for its edible roots and medicinal properties.
The rampion bellflower thrives in well-drained soil and blooms mid-summer with striking blue flowers.

Synonyms

rampion

vsrampion bellflower

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A plant with blue bell-shaped flowers and an edible root used in salads

is the same but often used as a more formal or fuller name

Campanula rapunculus

vsrampion bellflower

Specialized

9.9

A bellflower with blue flowers and an edible root used in salads

is the everyday or regional name rather than the scientific label

Surface Forms

rampion bellflower singular

rampion bellflowers plural

Morphology

rampion + bellflower

The compound is directly compositional: 'rampion' names a specific kind of bellflower and 'bellflower' names the plant genus, so a learner who knows both words can infer this is the rampion variety of bellflower (including edible root). Noun+noun taxonomic/nominal combinations like this are cross-linguistically common and therefore readily understandable at B1 when constituents are known.

Etymology

Rampion bellflower The name rampion comes from old words for a small 'turnip' because people used to eat its thick root, and the part bellflower describes the blue, bell-shaped flowers, so the name helps you remember it is an edible plant with bell-like flowers.