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Webster 1913 Edition
Medicinal
1.
Having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders;
as,
. medicinal
tinctures, plants, or springsDrop tears as fast as the Arabian trees
Their
Their
medicinal
gum. Shakespeare
2.
Of or pertaining to medicine; medical.
Webster 1828 Edition
Medicinal
MEDIC'INAL
, . [L. medicinalis.] Having the property of healing or of mitigating disease; adapted to the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as medicinal plants, medicinal virtues of minerals; medicinal springs. The waters of Saratoga and Ballston are remarkably medicinal.1.
Pertaining to medicine; as medicinal days or hours.Definition 2025
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English
Adjective
medicinal (not comparable)
- Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.
- Tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain.
- Tasting like medicine; particularly of sweetish artificial flavours similar to cherry, almond or licorice.
Translations
having the properties of or pertaining to medicine
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tending to cure disease
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See also
Noun
medicinal (plural medicinals)
- Any plant that can be used for medicinal purposes.
Translations
plant that can be used medicinally
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