GENUS SYMPHYTUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Symphytum mean? 

• GENUS SYMPHYTUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS SYMPHYTUM has 1 sense:

1. comfrey

  Familiarity information: GENUS SYMPHYTUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SYMPHYTUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Comfrey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Symphytum; Symphytum

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Symphytum"):

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

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

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