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• comphrey, cumfrey

語源

From Middle English 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^(key): /ˈkʌm.fɹi/

名詞

comfrey (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 comfreys)

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

     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.

Further reading

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