comfrey
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editFrom Middle English cumfiria, from Latin (herba) cōnfirma in Pseudo-Apuleius, also called cōnsolida, cōnserva, cōnferva, from conferveo (“to boil together”); from the use of the plant in tea to aid in healing bones.
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editcomfrey (countable and uncountable, plural comfreys)
- Any of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically Symphytum officinale.
- 2007 April 25, Kim Severson, “Farmer, Cookie Maker, Ecologist and, Yes, the Future King”, in New York Times[1]:
- It thrives on compost and natural fertilizers brewed from comfrey or seaweed and uses only rain, natural groundwater or wastewater purified through a system of reed beds.
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editperennial herb
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Further reading
edit- comfrey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Symphytum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Symphytum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- comfrey at USDA Plants database
- comfrey at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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