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com·frey
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fri
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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.
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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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