vulnerary

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

VULNERARY, adjective Useful in healing wounds; adapted to the cure of external injuries; as vulnerary plants or potions. VULNERARY, adjective Any plant, drug or composition, useful in the cure of wounds. Certain unguents, balsams and the like, are used as vulneraries.
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