symphytum officinale

2 definitions found

symphytum officinale - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Comfrey \Com"frey\, n. [Prob. from F. conferve, L. conferva, fr.
     confervere to boil together, in medical language, to heal,
     grow together. So called on account of its healing power, for
     which reason it was also called consolida.] (Bot.)
     A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the
     genus Symphytum.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]

symphytum officinale - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Symphytum officinale
      n 1: European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers;
           naturalized as a weed in North America [syn: common comfrey
           , boneset, Symphytum officinale]