consound

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consound - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Consound \Con"sound\ (-sound), n. [Corrupted fr. F. consoude, fr
     L. consolida comfrey (so called because supposed to have
     healing power); con- + solidus solid, consolidare to make
     solid. Cf. Comfrey, Consolidate.] (Bot.)
     A name applied loosely to several plants of different genera,
     esp. the comfrey.
     [1913 Webster]