comfrey

[kuhm-free]

com·frey

[kuhm-free]
noun, plural com·freys.
any coarse Eurasian plant belonging to the genus Symphytum, of the borage family, as the widely cultivated S. officinale, having hairy, lance-shaped leaves and drooping clusters of small, white, rose-colored, or purplish flowers.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English cumfirie, conferye < Anglo-French cumfirie, Old French confire < Medieval Latin *confervia for Latin conferva conferva
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comfrey (ˈkʌmfrɪ)
 
n
any hairy Eurasian boraginaceous plant of the genus Symphytum, having blue, purplish-pink, or white flowers
 
[C15: from Old French cunfirie, from Latin conferva water plant; see conferva]

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