MEDICATIVE

medicative, medicinal

(adjective) having the properties of medicine; “medicative drugs”; “medicinal herbs”; “medicinal properties”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

medicative (comparative more medicative, superlative most medicative)

Medicinal; acting like a medicine.

Source: Wiktionary


Med"i*ca*tive, a.

Definition: Medicinal; acting like a medicine.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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