Com·frey n. Bot. A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus Symphytum.
Note: ☞ A decoction of the mucilaginous root of the “common comfrey” (Symphytum officinale) is used in cough mixtures, etc.; and the gigantic “prickly comfrey” (Symphytum asperrimum) is somewhat cultivated as a forage plant.
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Symphytum officinale
n : European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers;
naturalized as a weed in North America [syn: common
comfrey, boneset]