Me-dĭc'i-nal, a.
(Synop., § 130), a. [Fr. médicinal, Pr. & Sp. médicinal, It. medicinale, Lat. medicinalis, from medicine. See infra.]
Sense 1. Having the property of healing or of mitigating disease; adapted to the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal plants; medicinal springs.
Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum. Shak.
Sense 2. Pertaining to medicine; as, medicinal days or hours.