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Definition: Comfrey |
ComfreyNoun1. Perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas. 2. Leaves make a popular tisane; young leaves used in salads or cooked. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "comfrey" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1903. (references) |
Etymology: Comfrey \Com"frey\, noun. [Probably from French conferve, from Latin expression conferva, from 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.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Perennial herb Symphytum officinale, in the family Boraginaceae, used topically for wound healing. It contains allantoin, carotene, essential oils (oils, volatile), glycosides, mucilage, resin, saponins, tannins, triterpenoids, vitamin B12, and zinc. Comfrey also contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids and is hepatotoxic if ingested. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ComfreySynonyms: cumfrey (n), healing herb (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Comfrey |
| English words defined with "comfrey": Bruisewort ♦ Consound ♦ genus Symphytum ♦ Knitback ♦ Symphytum. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "comfrey": Conferva, Consound. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Some herbal preparations, notably comfrey and high-dose ginseng, have recognized harmful effects. (references) | |
Preparations that have been claimed to have benefit to CFS patients include astralagus, borage seed oil, bromelain, comfrey, echinacea, garlic, Ginkgo biloba, ginseng, primrose oil, quercetin, St. John's wort, and Shiitake mushroom extract. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Comfrey" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 89.47% of the time. "Comfrey" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 89.47% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (proper) | 10.53% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Comfrey, MN (city, FIPS 12772) |
Expressions using "comfrey": common comfrey ♦ wild comfrey. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "comfrey": comfrey-scented. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
comfrey | 127 |
comfrey minnesota | 11 |
comfrey root | 11 |
comfrey plant | 10 |
comfrey herb | 7 |
comfrey composition | 6 |
comfrey ointment | 6 |
comfrey constituent | 5 |
comfrey tea | 4 |
acid comfrey composition fatty | 4 |
comfrey salve | 3 |
comfrey seed | 3 |
comfrey leaf | 3 |
comfrey poultice | 2 |
comfrey picture | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "comfrey"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | laege-kulsukker (consound), kulsukker (consound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | smeerwortel (consound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | consoude officinale (consound), consoude (consound), grande consoude (consound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | skuorwoartel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Beinwell (consound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύμφυτο (inherence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fekete nadálytő. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | consolida maggiore (consound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | コン"ュータ"語 (combo, competition, complement, complete, completion, complex, compliance, compliment, component, component stereo, component type, composer, composite, composite index, composition, compost, compote, compress, compressor, computation, computer communication, computerese, computing, computopia, computopolis, con brio, confection, confectionery, conference, confession, configuration, conflict, conform, conformism, convention, convention bureau, convention center, convention hall, conventional, conveyor, conveyor system, convoy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | コンフリー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cumfurt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omfreycay consolda (consound). (various references) consuelda (consound). (various references) karakafes, eşekkulağı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Symphytum officinale. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "comfrey": comfreys. (additional references) | |
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"Comfrey" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Combray, comfar, comfree. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "comfrey" (pronounced ku"mfrē) |
| 3 | -f r ē | belfry, Palfrey. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-f-m-o-r-y" | |
-2 letters: comer, comfy, coyer, force, forme, foyer, mercy. | |
-3 letters: cero, come, core, corf, corm, cory, cyme, fore, form, froe, from, fyce, more, omer, oyer, yore. | |
-4 letters: cor, coy, cry, emf, fem, fer, fey, foe, for, foy, fro, fry, moc, mor, orc, ore, rec, ref, rem, roc, roe, rom, rye, yom. | |
-5 letters: ef, em, er, me. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-f-m-o-r-y" | |
+1 letter: comfreys. | |
+3 letters: coryneform, mycoflorae. | |
+4 letters: confirmedly. | |
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