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consound

consound noun: any of several healing plants of the genera Symphytum, Consolida, Ajuga, Bellis, etc., especially comfrey. Also the alternative form of confound.

Noun

consound

  1. (obsolete) Any of several healing plants of the genera Symphytum, Consolida, Ajuga, Bellis, etc., especially comfrey.
    • a Plant commonly call’d the Great Consound or Comfrey; it has Stems which grow two or three Foot high: The Leaves are great, large, hairy, and of a dark Green; […] The small Consound is the most proper for healing of Wounds.1725, Noel Chomel, Dictionaire Oeconomique: Or, The Family Dictionary

Also used as

consound is also the alternative form of confound.

Forms of consound

Noun
alternative form (obsolete)consounde
Verb
past participleconsounded
pastconsounded

Origin of consound

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.

Questions about consound

What does consound mean?
Consound means any of several healing plants of the genera Symphytum, Consolida, Ajuga, Bellis, etc., especially comfrey.
What part of speech is consound?
Consound is a noun.

Words near consound in the dictionary

  1. consortium
  2. consortiums
  3. consorts
  4. consortship
  5. consortships
  6. consound
  7. consounded
  8. conspecies
  9. conspecific
  10. conspecifically
  11. conspecificities

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