Medicinal

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  medicinal
       adj : having the properties of medicine; "medicative drugs";
             "medicinal herbs"; "medicinal properties" [syn: {medicative}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "medicinal":
     adjuvant, alexipharmic, alterative, analeptic, corrective,
     curative, healing, iatric, medical, medicative, pharmaceutical,
     remedial, restorative, roborant, sanative, sanatory, therapeutic,
     theriac