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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While the approach is based on science, the atmosphere is far from medicinal.—
Sherrie Nachman,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025 -
In Ryan Coogler’s 2025 blockbuster, Sinners, Wunmi Mosaku plays a woman named Annie, who makes a living by supplying her neighbors in Clarksdale, Mississippi, with homemade medicinal cures.—
Danielle Amir Jackson,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Officinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/officinal. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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