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 dose is 2 grams of the juice of the fresh root mixed with pepper which also acts as a carminative and stomachic.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
The entire plant is a stimulant and carminative but little used internally; in atonic dyspepsia it has given good results taken in the same form as the infusion of manzanilla.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
In China, Japan, and India it is used as a condiment in the preparation of food, and is chewed to promote digestion, and the native physicians prescribe it as a carminative.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by William Saunders
To stimulate and open the bowels, give, also, rhubarb in a decoction, the equivalent of ten or fifteen grains at a dose, accompanied with the ordinary carminative and stomachic adjuvants, ginger and gentian in infusion.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings
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