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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

vulnearius

: cf. F.

vulnéraire

Useful in healing wounds; adapted to the cure of external injuries;

as,

vulnerary

plants or potions

“Such vulnerary remedies.”

Sir W. Scott.

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Noun.

[Cf. F.

vulnéraire

(Med.)

A vulnerary remedy.

Adj.

Useful in healing wounds; adapted to the cure of external injuries; as vulnerary plants or potions.

Adj.

Any plant, drug or composition, useful in the cure of wounds. Certain unguents, balsams and the like, are used as vulneraries.