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''"Pomfrey" sounds like "comfrey," a plant in the borage family that can be made into a soothing salve. Pomfrey cakes are small, sweet lozenges made from the roots of the licorice plant. Licorice also has been a medicinal ingredient for hundreds of years.'' | ''"Pomfrey" sounds like "comfrey," a plant in the borage family that can be made into a soothing salve. Pomfrey cakes are small, sweet lozenges made from the roots of the licorice plant. Licorice also has been a medicinal ingredient for hundreds of years.'' | ||
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| + | ''A poppy plant can be used to make opium and other drugs. It makes sense that the healer at Hogwarts would have a name related to a drug so often used for medicinal purposes.'' | ||
* Dumbledore blushed when she complimented his earmuffs | * Dumbledore blushed when she complimented his earmuffs | ||
Latest revision as of 20:39, 21 November 2024
Poppy Pomfrey
"Pomfrey" sounds like "comfrey," a plant in the borage family that can be made into a soothing salve. Pomfrey cakes are small, sweet lozenges made from the roots of the licorice plant. Licorice also has been a medicinal ingredient for hundreds of years.
A poppy plant can be used to make opium and other drugs. It makes sense that the healer at Hogwarts would have a name related to a drug so often used for medicinal purposes.
- Dumbledore blushed when she complimented his earmuffs
