Comfrey

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  • noun. Any of various hairy perennial Eurasian herbs of the genus Symphytum, especially S. officinale, having variously colored flowers in coiled cymes and long used in herbal medicine.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A name given to several European and Asiatic plants of the genus Symphytum, natural order Boraginaceæ.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus Symphytum.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically Symphytum officinale.
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  • noun. perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas
  • noun. leaves make a popular tisane; young leaves used in salads or cooked
  • Word Usage
    ""It has come to the attention of the department of health that a herbal plant called comfrey is still being offered to the public as herbal tea or as an ingredient in foodstuffs, five years after the sale of this substance was banned," the health ministry said in a statement."
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