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arnica

/ahr-ni-kuh/US // ˈɑr nɪ kə //UK // (ˈɑːnɪkə) //

山金车,常春藤,坚尼卡,金鸡纳霜

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
    • : a tincture of the flowers of A. montana, of Europe, and other species of Arnica, formerly used as an external application in sprains and bruises.

Examples

  • He felt more like going to his boarding-house and hunting for a bottle of arnica.

  • Oil of Arnica is an excellent application for inflamed Piles.

  • Carl got out the arnica, soaked a rag with it and bound the rag around Townsend's foot.

  • Matt, for such an emergency as had just presented itself, always carried a bottle of arnica in the toolbox.

  • Along the rills Gentiana calycosa, Arnica chamissonis and Mimulus lewisii form banks of color.