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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Ramp(i)s, n. [e.m.E. rampes (1538), f. OG hramsa.] Wild garlic. —1500-1699 Herbarius Latinus Annot. cxxxiv (Adv.).
Squilla, rampis ?1549 Monro W. Isles (1961) 55.
[An island] full of pasture for store and full of rampis a1680 Blair Autob. 53.
All things smelling of a root called ramps
