adjective
- having healing or curative properties; capable of being used as medicine
Usage: archaic or literary
Examples
- The herbalist claimed the plant had medicinable qualities.
- Ancient texts describe various medicinable roots and herbs.
- She searched for medicinable plants in the forest.
- The medicinable properties of willow bark were known to early healers.
- Traditional medicine relies on medicinable substances from nature.
- The old remedy book listed medicinable treatments for common ailments.