Good and Medicinal

Good

Good adjective - Beneficial to the health of body or mind.
Usage example: didn't like broccoli even though he knew it was good for him

Medicinal and good are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Medicinal" instead an adjective "Good".

Nearby Words: goodness, goodly, goody

Medicinal

Medicinal adjective - Beneficial to the health of body or mind.
Usage example: if gin and tonic is the medicinal potion that he claims, then he's done a lot of self-medication of late

Good and medicinal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Good" instead an adjective "Medicinal".

Both words in one sentence

  • If It Tastes Bad, It Must Be Good for You: Zuko hates the medicinal concoction that he has to take for his lighting wound.
  • The Athelas weed, aka Kingsfoil, in The Lord of the Rings has unspecified medicinal properties; it may not be good for everything, but it is able to cure several ailments, most notably the Black Breath, a curse brought on by contact with the corruption of Sauron.
    Source: Panacea
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