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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Medicinal \Me*dic"i*nal\, adjective [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) 2.0 [wn]:
medicinal
adjective: having the properties of medicine; "medicative drugs"; "medicinal herbs"; "medicinal properties" [syn: {medicative}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "medicinal": adjuvant, alexipharmic, alterative, analeptic, corrective, curative, healing, iatric, medical, medicative, pharmaceutical, remedial, restorative, roborant, sanative, sanatory, therapeutic, theriac
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