arnica montana

1. 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

   Broaderwildflower

   Part ofgenus Arnica

Questions about arnica montana

What does arnica montana mean?

arnica montana means "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".

Is arnica montana a common word?

arnica montana is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.