COMMON COMFREY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common comfrey mean? 

• COMMON COMFREY (noun)
  The noun COMMON COMFREY has 1 sense:

1. European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America

  Familiarity information: COMMON COMFREY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON COMFREY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

boneset; common comfrey; Symphytum officinale

Hypernyms ("common comfrey" is a kind of...):

comfrey; cumfrey (perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas)

Meronyms (parts of "common comfrey"):

comfrey; healing herb (leaves make a popular tisane; young leaves used in salads or cooked)