helpful in the process of curing illness or infection 有疗效的;药用的;药的 medicinal herbs/plants 草药;药用植物 medicinal properties/use 药性;药用 - (humorous)
He claims he keeps a bottle of brandy only for medicinal purposes. 他说他存放着一瓶白兰地只是为了药用。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMedicinal is used with these nouns:- chemist
- chemistry
- herb
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin medicinalis, from medicina, from medicus ‘physician’.