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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Symphytum officinale
      n : European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers;
          naturalized as a weed in North America [syn: common
           comfrey, boneset]