Me*dic"i*nal (?), a. [L. medicinalis: cf. F. médicinal. See Medicine.]
1. Having curative or palliative properties; used
for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, plants, or springs.
Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees
Their medicinal gum.
Shak. 2.
Of or pertaining to medicine; medical.