ARNICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arnica mean? 

• ARNICA (noun)
  The noun ARNICA has 3 senses:

1. used especially in treating bruises

2. any of various rhizomatous usually perennial plants of the genus Arnica

3. an ointment used in treating bruises

  Familiarity information: ARNICA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARNICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used especially in treating bruises

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("arnica" is a kind of...):

tincture ((pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution)

Holonyms ("arnica" is a substance of...):

Arnica montana (herb of pasture and open woodland throughout most of Europe and western Asia having orange-yellow daisylike flower heads that when dried are used as a stimulant and to treat bruises and swellings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various rhizomatous usually perennial plants of the genus Arnica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("arnica" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("arnica" is a member of...):

genus Arnica (large genus of herbs of north temperate and Arctic regions)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An ointment used in treating bruises

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("arnica" is a kind of...):

balm; ointment; salve; unction; unguent (semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation)

 Context examples 

His only remark was, "There's some new stuff, cuticura or something, which is better than arnica."

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Dermatitis caused by an allergic reaction to arnica.

(Allergic Dermatitis due to Arnica, NCI Thesaurus)

I declare, it really seems like being a fine young lady, to come home from the party in a carriage and sit in my dressing gown with a maid to wait on me, said Meg, as Jo bound up her foot with arnica and brushed her hair.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)