The difference between Buckram and Ramson

When used as nouns, buckram means a coarse cloth of cotton. linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise, whereas ramson means a plant, allium ursinum, a wild relative of chives and garlic.


Buckram is also verb with the meaning: to stiffen with or as if with buckram.

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  1. Buckram as a noun:

    A coarse cloth of cotton. linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.

  1. Buckram as a verb (transitive):

    To stiffen with or as if with buckram.

  1. Buckram as a noun:

    A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.

  1. Ramson as a noun:

    A plant, Allium ursinum, a wild relative of chives and garlic.

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