medicinal

«medicinal» in Mova's school dictionary: used to treat illness or helping the body heal:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

1) Medicinal means used to treat illness or helping the body heal: «medicinal plants». tree →

2) (joking) Said about something you enjoy, pretending it is good for you: «a medicinal chocolate». tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in science (medicinal plants like aloe), history (old remedies) and health. Phrases: «medicinal properties», «for medicinal purposes», «medicinal herbs».

examples

• Aloe vera has medicinal properties. tree →
• Many medicinal drugs come from plants. tree →
• The garden grows medicinal herbs. tree →
• Grandma said the hot drink was «purely medicinal». tree →
• Willow bark was used for medicinal purposes long ago. tree →
• Some medicinal plants are poisonous in large amounts. tree →
• Of course it was only water, but it was out of a bottle, and she always shook the bottle and counted the drops, which gave it a certain medicinal quality. tree →

note

Pronounced «me-DIS-in-al». Related: medicine, medical. Safety: never eat a plant because someone says it is medicinal; ask an adult or doctor.

In the corpora

• "For medicinal purposes" is a joke meaning for drinking or getting high, not really for health.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «medicinal» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.