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Recent Examples of Synonyms for officinal
medicinal
Adjective
  • The family’s wealth dates back to George Garvin Brown, who launched Brown-Forman in Louisville as a medicinal whiskey company in 1870.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
  • It was said that vilas especially loved to bathe in the medicinal waters of the high glacial lake Hridsko Jezero (Crag Lake) also called Liqeni i Zanave (Fairy Lake), hidden under steep cliffs at 6,400 feet.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Officinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/officinal. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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