Definitions For Officinal
Adjective
medicinal, medicinal. (obsolete, rare) Used in a shop, or belonging to it. : (Johnson) (obsolete, pharmaceutical) Kept in stock by apothecary, apothecaries; said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.Etymology
From {{etyl, fr, en}}, from {{etyl, la, en}} {{lena}} officina, , a workshop, contracted from opificina, from opifex, , a workman; opus, , work + facere, , to make or do.Is Officinal a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
20
The word Officinal is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Officinal in a Sentence
- The discovery of officinal plants that continues to this day