Medicinal
Medicinal adjective - Tending to cure disease or restore health.
Usage example: even in Roman times the hot mineral springs of Bath, England, were believed to possess medicinal properties
Officinal and medicinal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Officinal" instead an adjective "Medicinal".
Officinal
Officinal adjective - Tending to cure disease or restore health.
Usage example: the discovery of officinal plants that continues to this day
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- wholesome and medicinal
- wholesome and officinal
- drug and medicinal
- drug and officinal
- restorative and medicinal
- restorative and officinal
- curative and medicinal
- curative and officinal
- nostrum and medicinal
- nostrum and officinal
- healthy and medicinal
- healthy and officinal
- proprietary and medicinal
- proprietary and officinal
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Officinal and Medicinal. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/medicinal/officinal
Medicinal & Officinal. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/medicinal/officinal>.
Officinal or Medicinal. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/medicinal/officinal.
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