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knitbone

knitbone noun: the plant comfrey.

Noun

knitbone (uncountable)

  1. The plant comfrey.

Origin of knitbone

From knit + bone, from the use of the plant in tea to aid in healing bones.

Questions about knitbone

What does knitbone mean?
Knitbone means the plant comfrey.
What part of speech is knitbone?
Knitbone is a noun.

Words near knitbone in the dictionary

  1. knitalong
  2. knitalongs
  3. knitathon
  4. knitathons
  5. knitback
  6. knitbone
  7. knitch
  8. knitches
  9. knitfluencer
  10. knitfluencers
  11. knitlike

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