officinal

of·fi·ci·nal

adj
\ə-ˈfi-sə-n^əl, ȯ-, ä-; ˌȯ-fə-ˈsī-n^əl, ˌä-\

Definition of OFFICINAL

: medicinal <a monograph on officinal flora>

Examples of OFFICINAL

1. <the discovery of officinal plants that continues to this day>

Origin of OFFICINAL

Medieval Latin officinalis of a storeroom, from officina storeroom, from Latin, workshop, from opific-, opifex workman, from opus work + facere to do

First Known Use: circa 1720

Related to OFFICINAL

Synonyms: curative, healing, medicinal, remedial, restorative, therapeutic

Related Words: healthful, healthy, salubrious, salutary, sanative, wholesome; alleviative, corrective, tonic

Near Antonyms: insalubrious, noisome, noxious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome; deleterious, injurious, pernicious; infectious, poisonous, toxic; adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, ill; insanitary, unhygienic, unsanitary

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Rhymes with OFFICINAL

medicinal