carminative
Americannoun
adjective
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of carminative
1645–55; < Late Latin carmināt ( us ), past participle of carmināre to purify ( Latin: to card (wool), verbal derivative of carmen (attested only in Late Latin ) comb for carding wool) + -ive
Example Sentences
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But this season, sponsored by Turns, a carminative, Horace Heidt's Musical Knights went out in front with a burp.
From Time Magazine Archive
The juice of the leaves is a carminative and is given to children suffering with wind colic.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
The seeds are used as a condiment; they are stimulant and carminative and yield good results in atonic dyspepsia, nervous depression and spasmodic or flatulent affections of the intestine.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
The dried fruits of cultivated plants from Malta have an aromatic taste and odour, and are used for the preparation of fennel water, valued for its carminative properties.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
The leaves have an odor like that of anise, and the native India doctors employ them as a stomachic and carminative.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William
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