arnica
English
Etymology
Noun
arnica (countable and uncountable, plural arnicas)
- Any of several plants, of the genus Arnica, considered to have medicinal properties, especially Arnica montana.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- His only remark was, "There's some new stuff, cuticura or something, which is better than arnica." Some people have such extraordinary notions of humor.
Derived terms
Translations
plant of genus Arnica
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Arnica montana
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References
- Arnica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Arnica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Arnica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʁ.ni.ka/
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “arnica”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Arnica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈar.ni.ka/
- Rhymes: -arnika
- Hyphenation: àr‧ni‧ca
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