Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name formerly given to several plants, as the comfrey, the daisy (Bellis perennis), the bugle (Ajuga reptans), and the wild larkspur (Delphinium Consolida).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A name applied loosely to several plants of different genera, esp. the comfrey.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany, obsolete Any of several plants of different
genera , especially thecomfrey .
Etymologies
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Corrupted from French consoude, from Latin consolida comfrey (so called because supposed to have healing power).
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