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officinal
/ˌɒfɪˈsaɪnəl/
adj 3
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4ADJ.
pure
VERB + OFFICINAL
leaves
OFFICINAL + NOUN
dispensary
ADV.
chemically
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adj
1
Medicinal.
The leaves are the officinal part;
She was the compound extract of all that was chemically pure and officinal—the dispensary contained nothing equal to her.
2
Used in a shop, or belonging to it.
In this Part of the Town, are also three Convents, seventeen Churches, an Academy, a Printing-House, a Library, the Mint, and the Grand Dispensatory, which last is a very magnificent Building, and the Officinal Furniture is very rich, for the Pots are all of China, and the Glasses Chrystal.
Dr. Kaempfer further observes, that the quantity of Varnish obtained from this officinal Anacardium tree is so great, as not only to serve to vernish all the untensils of China, Tonquin, and Japan, but that it is exported in wooden vessels to Batavia, and several other parts of India.
3
Kept in stock by apothecaries; said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.
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The leaves are the officinal part;
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She was the compound extract of all that was chemically pure and officinal—the dispensary contained nothing equal to her.
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In this Part of the Town, are also three Convents, seventeen Churches, an Academy, a Printing-House, a Library, the Mint, and the Grand Dispensatory, which last is a very magnificent Building, and the
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