comfrey
Étymologie
[modifier le wikicode]- Du latin conferva.
Nom commun
[modifier le wikicode]| Singulier | Pluriel |
|---|---|
| comfrey \Prononciation ?\ |
comfreys \Prononciation ?\ |
comfrey \Prononciation ?\
- (Botanique) Consoude.
The large, fleshy roots of the comfrey also penetrate to a considerable depth and add humus to the subsoil, where it is usually wanting.
— (United States Department of Agriculture, Circulars of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Nos. 41 to 70, inclusive, 1909-1910, page 9. United States Government Printiong Office, 1911.)Another alternative is to grow a fertility patch of comfrey and legume outside the forest garden, and cut it for compost or mulch.
— (Patrick Whitefield, How to Make a Forest Garden, page 49. Permanent Publications, 1996 (édition révisée en 2002).)Applied externally, comfrey acts as an anti-inflammatory to promote healing of bruises, sprains, and open wounds.
— (Peggy S. Stanfield et Y.H. Hui, Nutrition and Diet Therapy: Self-instructional Modules, Module 11 (« Dietary Supplements »), page 195. American Dietetic Association / Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2003.)Consider long where you put comfrey, because it’s not only large but made quite permanent by a taproot that can burrow as deep as 6 feet.
— (Karan Davis Cutler, Kathleen Fisher, Suzanne DeJohn et National Gardening Association, Herb Gardening for Dummies, page 279. Wiley Publishing, 2011.)