| 单词 | medicinal |
| 释义 | medicinal (once / 2849 pages) adj A substance that can cure or heal you is medicinal. Some people swear that chicken soup has medicinal qualities when you have a cold. Herbalists grow medicinal plants, such as mint and witch hazel, that have healing properties for various ailments. Your mother may believe in the medicinal properties of a hot cup of tea, while other people swear by the medicinal quality of the salty sea air. The adjective medicinal comes from medicine and has a Latin root, medicina, "the healing art, a remedy, or medicine." WORD FAMILYmedicinal: medicinally, nonmedicinal, unmedicinal+/medicine: medicinal, medicined, medicines, medicining USAGE EXAMPLESPharmaceutical companies perform all manner of medicinal research. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) Here monks would grow vegetables and medicinal herbs. Seattle Times(Dec 13, 2016) The bill brought by Sen. Tom Ada builds upon a previous law that sets aside property for the practice of Chamorro medicinal healing arts. Washington Times(Nov 29, 2016) adj having the properties of medicine medicinal herbs medicinal properties Syn medicative healthful conducive to good health of body or mind |
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