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Webster 1913 Edition

(-sound)

Noun.

[Corrupted fr. F.

consoude

, fr L.

consolida

comfrey (so called because supposed to have healing power);

con-

solidus

solid,

consolidare

to make solid. Cf.

(Bot.)

A name applied loosely to several plants of different genera, esp. the comfrey.

Noun.

The name of several species of plants.

consound

(botany, obsolete) Any of several plants of different genera, especially the comfrey.