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officinal
Synonyms and Antonyms of officinal
tending to cure disease or restore health the discovery of officinal plants that continues to this day Synonyms curative, healing, medicinal, remedial, restorative, therapeuticRelated Words healthful, healthy, salubrious, salutary, sanative, wholesome; alleviative, corrective, tonicNear 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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