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rapunzel

/ɹəˈpʌnzəl/

rapunzel noun: a plant with leaves and crisp roots which have been used in salads, rampion, Campanula rapunculus.

rapunzel: a plant with leaves and crisp roots which have been used in salads, rampion, Campanula rapunculus
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Noun

rapunzel (uncountable)

  1. A plant with leaves and crisp roots which have been used in salads, rampion, Campanula rapunculus.
    Synonyms:
    rampion, raiponce, rover bellflower
  2. A plant with leaves which are used in salads, corn salad or mâche, Valerianella locusta.

Proper noun capitalized: Rapunzel

Rapunzel (plural Rapunzels)

  1. A German fairy tale about a girl imprisoned in a tower who lets down her long hair for a rescuer to climb.
  2. The fictional girl who is the protagonist and title character of the fairy tale.
    • […] as they loll in pairs or trios, looking down from the windows like Rapunzels and carpet-knights, while they eat bruised apricots, tomorrow is always on their lips as honey to come.1966, Hal Porter, The Paper Chase, Angus and Robertson, page 90
    • I spot Sleeping Beauty in a thorn forest. Two of them, only they are more like Rapunzels who’ve fallen from their tower.2011, Carole Nelson Douglas, Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta, Forge, →ISBN, page 172

Synonyms of rapunzel

Forms of rapunzel

pluralRapunzels

Origin of rapunzel

Borrowed from German Rapunzel.

Borrowed from German Rapunzel, the name of several varieties of lettuce.

Words formed from rapunzel

Questions about rapunzel

What does rapunzel mean?
Rapunzel means a plant with leaves and crisp roots which have been used in salads, rampion, Campanula rapunculus.
What part of speech is rapunzel?
Rapunzel can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce rapunzel?
Rapunzel is pronounced /ɹəˈpʌnzəl/.

Words near rapunzel in the dictionary

  1. rapturous
  2. rapturously
  3. rapturousness
  4. raptus
  5. raptuses
  6. rapunzel
  7. Rapunzel syndrome
  8. Rapunzelesque
  9. Rapunzelian
  10. Rapunzels
  11. raqi

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