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Comfrey   /kˈəmfri/   Listen
Comfrey

noun
1.
Perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas.  Synonym: cumfrey.
2.
Leaves make a popular tisane; young leaves used in salads or cooked.  Synonym: healing herb.



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"Comfrey" Quotes from Famous Books



... oil of mastic, and restore the womb to its proper place. When the matrix is up, the patient's position must be changed. Her legs must be put out quite straight and laid together, and apply six cupping glasses to her breast and navel. Boil feverfew, mugwort, red rose leaves and comfrey in red wine; make a suffumigation for the matrix, and apply sweet scents to her nose. When she comes out of her bath, give her an ounce of syrup of feverfew with a drachm of dog's tooth (mithridate). Take three drachms each of ...
— The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher • Anonymous



Words linked to "Comfrey" :   boneset, herb, Symphytum, herbaceous plant, genus Symphytum, Symphytum officinale



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