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
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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
Cubeb, kū′beb, n. the dried berry of Piper cubeba, a climbing shrub, native to Sumatra—useful as a stomachic and carminative in indigestion, for piles and for sore throats.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 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 William Saunders
Ginger is a good carminative and is official in the pharmacopœias of Europe, America and India.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
Like other mints, it is antispasmodic and carminative.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd
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