Dictionary entry

Medicinal

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Me‐dic″i‐nal (?), a. [L. medicinalis: cf. F. médicinal. 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.