different between daisy vs comfrey

English

Alternative forms

• daisie, daysie

Etymology

From Middle English dayesye, from Old English dæ?es ?age (“daisy”, literally “day's eye”) due to the flowers closing their blossoms during night. The rhyming slang comes from daisy roots for boots.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?de?.zi/
• Rhymes: -e?zi

Noun

daisy (plural daisies)

1. A wild flowering plant Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals
2. Many other flowering plants of various species.
3. (Cockney rhyming slang) A boot or other footwear.

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References

• daisy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• I'd say, Sayid, diyas

English

Alternative forms

• comphrey, cumfrey

Etymology

From Middle English cumfiria, from Latin (herba) c?nfirma in Pseudo-Apuleius, also called c?nsolida, c?nserva, c?nferva, from conferveo (“to boil together”); from the use of the plant in tea to aid in healing bones. Doublet of consound and conferva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?m.f?i/

Noun

comfrey (countable and uncountable, plural comfreys)

1. Any of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically Symphytum officinale.

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Further reading

• comfrey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Symphytum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Symphytum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• comfrey at USDA Plants database
• comfrey on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.