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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 com·frey /ˈkʌm(p)fri/
 紫草科植物

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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 comfrey
      n 1: perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing
           groundcover for shaded areas [syn: cumfrey]
      2: leaves make a popular tisane; young leaves used in salads or
         cooked [syn: healing herb]