ARNICA MONTANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arnica montana mean? 

• ARNICA MONTANA (noun)
  The noun ARNICA MONTANA has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: ARNICA MONTANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARNICA MONTANA (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Arnica montana" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Meronyms (substance of "Arnica montana"):

arnica (used especially in treating bruises)

Holonyms ("Arnica montana" is a member of...):

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