medicinal
adjective
; in Shakespeare & Milton ˌme-di-ˈsī-nᵊl, & ˈmed-sə-nəl\
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curative, healing, officinal, remedial, restorative, therapeutic
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Thirty-three states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam authorize adults to use marijuana for medicinal purposes; 10, including California, allow recreational pot, a number almost certain to grow. — Jonathan Randles, WSJ, "Marijuana Ties Are Hurting More Filers in Bankruptcy Courts," 22 June 2019 Also referred to as the Andean bear, the species is often illegally killed in South America for its body parts because lots of them are thought to have medicinal purposes. — Fox News, "Rare spectacled bear being 'driven to extinction' by penis bone poachers brewing 'magical sex potion'," 5 June 2019 There is another which is used in China and Tibet for medicinal purposes. — John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com, "In a word: rhubarb," 19 June 2018 Also new will be a culinary garden near the Corbin Conservatory, filled with a variety of plants for cooking and for medicinal purposes. — Jennifer Conn, Akron Reporter, cleveland.com, "Stan Hywet season to feature 'Health & Wellness, A Life Well Lived'," 8 Apr. 2018 No professional sports league has allowed its players to use marijuana for medicinal purposes. — Los Angeles Times, "Column: Sports leagues will need to revisit cannabis rules as more states legalize weed," 1 Aug. 2019 But there is debate among the rhino conservation community about whether legalization of the trade could escalate demand in Asian markets, or lend credibility to the idea that rhino horn has medicinal value. — NBC News, "Your safari selfies are cute, but they're a road map for poachers," 22 July 2019 Tech does web development and video production for growing companies, including a medicinal cannabis facility and sports training facilities. — Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland.com, "Artificial intelligence conference MAICON opens in Cleveland," 17 July 2019 Republican lawmakers who control which bills arrive at Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' desk are opposed to legalizing recreational marijuana use and are split on whether the plant should be widely available for medicinal purposes. — William Langhorne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Illinois' governor signed a law legalizing recreational marijuana. Here's what that means for Wisconsinites," 25 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'medicinal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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