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com·frey (kum′frē)

noun pl. comfreys -·freys

any of a genus (Symphytum) of European plants of the borage family, with rough, hairy leaves and small blue, purplish, or yellow flowers, sometimes used for forage or ornament

Etymology: ME & OFr confirie < VL *confervia, comfrey, for L conferva, a water plant < confervere, to heal, grow together, orig., to seethe, boil together < com-, with + fervere, to boil (see fervent): from use in medicine to congeal wounds

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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