Webster's 1828 Dictionary
COMFREY, COMFRY
n.A genus of plants, the Symphytum.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
COMFREY
Com "frey, n. Etym: [Prob. from F. conferve, L. conferva, fr. confervere to boil together, in medical language, to heal, grow together. So called on account of its healing power, for which reason it was also called consolida.] (Bot. )
Defn: A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus Symphytum.
Note: A decoction of the mucilaginous root of the "common comfrey " (S. officinale ) is used in cough mixtures, etc. ; and the gigantic "prickly comfrey " (S. asperrimum ) is somewhat cultivated as a forage plant.
New American Oxford Dictionary
comfrey
com frey |ˈkəmfrē ˈkəmfri | ▶noun ( pl. comfreys ) a Eurasian plant of the borage family, with large hairy leaves and clusters of purplish or white bell-shaped flowers. [Genus Symphytum, family Boraginaceae: several species, in particular the common comfrey (S. officinale ), which is used in herbal medicine (see boneset ). ] ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French cumfirie, based on Latin conferva, from confervere ‘heal ’ (literally ‘boil together, ’ referring to the plant's medicinal use ).
Oxford Dictionary
comfrey
comfrey |ˈkʌmfri | ▶noun ( pl. comfreys ) a Eurasian plant of the borage family, which has large hairy leaves and clusters of purplish or white bell-shaped flowers. ●Genus Symphytum, family Boraginaceae: several species, in particular the common comfrey (S. officinale ), which is used in herbal medicine (see boneset ). ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French cumfirie, based on Latin conferva, from confervere ‘heal ’ (literally ‘boil together ’, referring to the plant's medicinal use ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
comfrey
com frey /kʌ́mfri /名詞 U 〘植 〙コンフリー, ヒレハリソウ 〘背の高い草で以前は外傷用薬草として用いられた 〙.
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