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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 881 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RAMSONS , in See also:

botany, the popular name for See also:Allium ursinum, a bulbous plant 6 to 18 in. high, with ovate-lanceolate stalked leaves tapering at the See also:apex, surrounding a naked stalk bearing a See also:flat-topped umbel of small See also:white See also:flowers. A rather See also:pretty plant, See also:common in See also:woods and in hedgebanks in See also:spring, but with a pungent See also:garlic-like See also:smell, which is characteristic of the genus (see ALLIUM).

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