An archaic or variant spelling of comfrey; a plant used in medieval herbal medicine.
From Old French consoude, from Latin consolida (from consolidare, to make strong). Refers to comfrey, whose name literally means 'to join together.'
Medieval healers called comfrey 'consoude' because they believed it literally knitted broken bones back together—and modern science shows it does contain compounds that help healing!
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