common comfrey

common comfrey
noun
European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America
Hypernyms: ↑comfrey, ↑cumfrey
Part Meronyms: ↑comfrey, ↑healing herb

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noun
: a European comfrey (Symphytum officinale) that is naturalized as a weed in No. America and has the upper part of the stem densely hispid

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  • common comfrey — vaistinė taukė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Agurklinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, dervinis, gleivinis, pašarinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Symphytum officinale), paplitęs Europoje ir vakarų Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Symphytum officinale… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • Comfrey — Com frey, n. [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.) A rough, hairy,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Comfrey — For the place, see Comfrey, Minnesota. Russian comfrey Russian comfrey (Symphytum x uplandicum) Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • comfrey — /kum free/, n., pl. comfreys. 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… …   Universalium

  • comfrey — vaistinė taukė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Agurklinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, dervinis, gleivinis, pašarinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Symphytum officinale), paplitęs Europoje ir vakarų Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Symphytum officinale… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • Wild comfrey — Wild Wild, a. [Compar. {Wilder}; superl. {Wildest}.] [OE. wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG. wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild, bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild game, deer; of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Symphytum asperrimum — Comfrey Com frey, n. [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.) A rough,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Symphytum officinale — Comfrey Com frey, n. [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.) A rough,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Symphytum officinale — This article is about the species. For the use of comfrey in gardening and herbal medicine, see Comfrey. Symphytum officinale Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • boneset — noun 1. European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America • Syn: ↑common comfrey, ↑Symphytum officinale • Hypernyms: ↑comfrey, ↑cumfrey • Part Meronyms: ↑comfrey, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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