Medicinal \Me*dic"i*nal\, a. [L. medicinalis: cf. F.
m['e]dicinal. See Medicine.]
1. Having curative or palliative properties; used for the
cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal
tinctures, plants, or springs.
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Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees
Their medicinal gum. --Shak.
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2. Of or pertaining to medicine; medical.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
medicinal
adj : having the properties of medicine; "medicative drugs";
"medicinal herbs"; "medicinal properties" [syn: medicative]
WordNet (r) 2.0
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "medicinal":
adjuvant, alexipharmic, alterative, analeptic, corrective,
curative, healing, iatric, medical, medicative, pharmaceutical,
remedial, restorative, roborant, sanative, sanatory, therapeutic,
theriac
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
medicative
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