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語源

From 中期英語 cumfiria, from Latin (herba) cōnfirma in Pseudo-Apuleius, also called cōnsolida, cōnserva, cōnferva, from conferveo (“to boil together”); from the use of the plant in tea to aid in healing bones.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkʌm.fɹi/

名詞

comfrey (countable and uncountable, plural comfreys)

1. Any of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically common comfrey (Symphytum officinale).
   • 2007 April 25, Kim Severson, “Farmer, Cookie Maker, Ecologist and, Yes, the Future King”, in New York Times‎:

     It thrives on compost and natural fertilizers brewed from comfrey or seaweed and uses only rain, natural groundwater or wastewater purified through a system of reed beds.

派生語

• Quaker comfrey
• Russian comfrey

Further reading

• comfrey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Symphytum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Symphytum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• comfrey at USDA Plants database
• comfrey at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.