"knitbone" meaning in English

See knitbone in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From knit + bone, from the use of the plant in tea to aid in healing bones. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|knit|bone}} knit + bone Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} knitbone (uncountable)
  1. The plant comfrey. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-knitbone-en-noun-owLFarBC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "knit",
        "3": "bone"
      },
      "expansion": "knit + bone",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From knit + bone, from the use of the plant in tea to aid in healing bones.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "knitbone (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The plant comfrey."
      ],
      "id": "en-knitbone-en-noun-owLFarBC",
      "links": [
        [
          "comfrey",
          "comfrey"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "knitbone"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "knit",
        "3": "bone"
      },
      "expansion": "knit + bone",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From knit + bone, from the use of the plant in tea to aid in healing bones.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "knitbone (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English compound terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The plant comfrey."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "comfrey",
          "comfrey"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "knitbone"
}

Download raw JSONL data for knitbone meaning in English (0.7kB)

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-11 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 59dc20b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.