Symphytum officinale

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Symphytum officinale n

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Boraginaceae – common comfrey, of Europe, used in traditional medicine, one of the uses being mashed into a pulp and applied to a broken bone, forming a cast when the pulp hardened.

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