Rocambole
in botany, (1) Allium scorodoprasum, a plant with bulbs like garlic, but with the cloves smaller. It is used for the same purposes as the shallot, garlic, etc. A native of Denmark. (2) Allium ophioscorodon, from ROCHAMBEAU Greece. Sometimes the two are considered to be identical.
ROCHAMBEAU (ro-shang-bō) JEAN BAPTISTE DONATIEN DE VIMEUR, COUNT DE, a Marshal of France ; born in Vendôme, France, July 1, 1725, entered the French army in 1742, distinguished himself in the Seven Years' War, COUNT DE ROCHAMBEAU and became Marshal in 1791. In 1780- 1782 he commanded the French forces sent to aid the revolted British colonists in America. He became governor of Artois and Picardy, and subsequently of Alsace, and commanded the Army of the North in 1792. During the Reign of Terror he narrowly escaped the guillotine.
He died in Thoré, May 10, 1807.