as in medicinal
tending to cure disease or restore health
the discovery of officinal plants that continues to this day
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medicinal
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By the time Colorado changed its laws, Liberato had become a regular user of LSD and psilocybin, and had begun teaching others how to use them for medicinal purposes at a healing center near Colorado Springs.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
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Old Forester was able to continue operations because the federal government issued it a medicinal whiskey permit.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Officinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/officinal. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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