comfrey
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
comfrey /ˈkʌmfri/
▶noun (pl. comfreys) a plant with large hairy leaves and clusters of purplish or white bell-shaped flowers. [Symphytum officinale and related species.]
– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. cumfirie, based on L. conferva, from confervere ‘heal’ (referring to the plant's medicinal use).
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