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comphrey

comphrey is the alternative spelling of comfrey.

Meaning of comfrey

Noun

comfrey (countable and uncountable, plural comfreys)

  1. Any of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically common comfrey (Symphytum officinale).
    • It thrives on compost and natural fertilizers brewed from comfrey or seaweed and uses only rain, natural groundwater or wastewater purified through a system of reed beds.2007 April 25, Kim Severson, “Farmer, Cookie Maker, Ecologist and, Yes, the Future King”, in New York Times

Questions about comphrey

What is comphrey the alternative spelling of?
Comphrey is the alternative spelling of comfrey.

Words near comphrey in the dictionary

  1. competrices
  2. compfusion
  3. Compher
  4. Comphers
  5. comphet
  6. comphrey
  7. compies
  8. compilability
  9. compilable
  10. compiland
  11. compilands

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Adapted from Wiktionary: comphrey (page history and authors); comfrey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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