comfrey

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkʌmfri/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kum′frē)

Inflections of 'comfrey' (n): npl: comfreys

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
com•frey  (kum′frē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -freys. 
  1. Plant Biologyany coarse Eurasian plant belonging to the genus Symphytum, of the borage family, as the widely cultivated S. officinale, having hairy, lance-shaped leaves and drooping clusters of small, white, rose-colored, or purplish flowers.
  • Medieval Latin *confervia for Latin conferva conferva
  • Anglo-French cumfirie, Old French confire
  • Middle English cumfirie, conferye 1275–1325

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
comfrey / ˈkʌmfrɪ/
  1. any hairy Eurasian boraginaceous plant of the genus Symphytum, having blue, purplish-pink, or white flowers
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French cunfirie, from Latin conferva water plant; see conferva

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