Arnica

/ˈɑrnɪkə/ noun

A plant with bright yellow flowers, or a healing salve made from it, traditionally used to reduce bruises and muscle soreness.

Likely from Spanish or Portuguese, possibly from Arabic or Iberian origins; the plant name entered European botanical terminology in the 16th-17th centuries from mountain regions.

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