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noun
A species of bellflower with roots and leaves formerly used in salads, Campanula rapunculus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several flowering plants of the genus Phyteuma, within the family Campanulaceae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rampion bellflower, Campanula rapunculus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: campanula, bellflower
History
Ultimately from Medieval Latin rapuntium from Latin rapunculus, diminutive of rapum (“turnip”)
Across languages
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
