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SYMPHYTUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Comfrey

Synonyms:

genus Symphytum; Symphytum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Symphytum" is a kind of...):

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Symphytum"):

comfrey; cumfrey (perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas)

Holonyms ("Symphytum" is a member of...):

borage family; Boraginaceae; family Boraginaceae (a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit)

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