arnica

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a plant of the daisy family, especially Arnica montana, traditionally used in herbal remedies

   Yellow arnica flowers grew in the mountain meadow.

2. 2
   noun

   a preparation made from arnica and applied externally, especially for bruising or soreness

   She rubbed arnica gel around the bruise but not on the broken skin.

From New Latin Arnica, the botanical genus name adopted into English in the seventeenth century. The deeper origin of the genus name is uncertain.

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