Hypertext Webster Gateway: "medicinal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their
medicinal gum. --Shak.
2. Of or pertaining to medicine; medical.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
medicinal
adj : having the properties of medicine; "medicative drugs";
"medicinal herbs"; "medicinal properties" [syn: {medicative}]
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