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noun
Any of several healing plants of the genera Symphytum, Consolida, Ajuga, Bellis, etc., especially comfrey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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verb
Alternative form of confound: to damn
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, archaic, no-present-participle, rare
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History
Inherited from the Middle English consoude, consowde, consol, consold, consaud, consaude, from the Old English consolde, borrowed from the Old French consolde, consoulde, consoude, inherited from the Latin cōnsolida (“common confrey”), so called because of its supposed healing power.
See confound.
