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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having the properties of medicine;
- Example: "medicative drugs"
- Example: "medicinal herbs"
- Example: "medicinal properties"
[syn: medicative, medicinal]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to medicine; medical. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

medicinal adj 1: having the properties of medicine; "medicative drugs"; "medicinal herbs"; "medicinal properties" [syn: medicative, medicinal]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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