Hypertext Webster Gateway: "carminative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Carminative \Car*min"ative\, a. [NL. carminativus (1622), fr.
carminare to card, hence to cleanse, fr. carmen a card for
freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from
extraneous matter: cf. F. carminatif.]
Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic.
``Carminative hot seeds.'' --Dunglison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Carminative \Car*min"a*tive\, n.
A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from
the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or
flatulence.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
carminative
adj : relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence
or griping) [syn: {flatus-relieving}]
n : medication that prevents the formation of gas in the
alimentary tract or eases its passing
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