Definition of German rampion

1. Noun. A coarse biennial of eastern North America with yellow flowers that open in the evening; naturalized in Europe.


Lexicographical Neighbors of German Rampion

German chamomile
German cockroach
German cockroaches
German goiter
German goitre
German iris
German ivy
German language
German lesson
German mark
German measles
German measles virus
German millet
German monetary unit
German police dog
German rampion (current term)
German shepherd
German shepherd dog
German short-haired pointer
German silver
German studies
German tamarisk
German virgin
German virgins
German wheel
Germanic
Germanic language
Germanically
Germanisation
Germanish

Literary usage of German rampion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1834)
"Lippold says they have been long used as a culinary vegetable, under the name of German rampion. It was from this species that the genus took the name of ..."

2. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"... German rampion; the root is 10 to 12 in. long, sometimes with lateral fibres and very white OERSTED, ..."

3. The Horticultural Register by Sir Joseph Paxton, Joseph Harrison (1833)
"Lippold says they have been long used as a culinary vegetable, under the name of German rampion. It was from this species that the genus took the name of ..."

4. The Market Assistant: Containing a Brief Description of Every Article of by Thomas Farrington De Voe (1867)
"There is another species called German rampion or evening primrose, which is a common plant in this country, growing on the roadsides and pastures; ..."

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