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noun perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas
noun leaves make a popular tisane; young leaves used in salads or cooked
originFrom Middle English cumfiria, from Latin (herba) cōnfirma in Pseudo-Apuleius, also called cōnsolida, cōnserva, cōnferva, from conferveo (“to boil together”); from the use of the plant in tea to aid in healing bones.
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