adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
for political/military/educational/medicinal etc purposes
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This technology could be used for military purposes.
healing/medicinal properties
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The old women know about the healing properties of local herbs.
medicinal plants (= plants that can be used in medicine )
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A lot of research into medicinal plants and traditional remedies has now been carried out.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
herb
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Used as medicinal herb , especially as a blood-purifier.
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Used as a medicinal herb in Sri Lanka.
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This species is used as a medicinal herb in the East.
plant
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Examines the problems of conserving medicinal plants , suggests an appropriate national conservation programme and gives advice on international collaboration.
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They might have represented medicinal plants for pregnancy.
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They planted food and medicinal plants, migrated seasonally and moved their villages.
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Two-thirds of its imports of medicinal plants are taken from the wild.
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Substantial sums have been spent in the deliberate search for medicinal plants , and they have seldom been rewarded.
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They had considerable physiological and anatomical knowledge, detailed knowledge of thousands of medicinal plants , and wide-ranging curative and preventative skills.
property
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Man benefits through the wide variety of plants in the world through different plant many and varied medicinal properties . 4.
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Furthermore, he was informed that the water may have had medicinal properties .
purpose
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The Physic Garden is planted with examples of herbs used in Medieval times for medicinal purposes .
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Last November, voters in California and Arizona passed initiatives which allow the use of pot for medicinal purposes .
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I would naturally consider sympathetically any invitation to take part in clinical trials requiring ingestion of whisky for medicinal purposes .
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These would have been used for both flavouring and for medicinal purposes .
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Indeed, botany as a science grew out of the study of plants for medicinal purpose .
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That's what you need - whisky, for medicinal purposes .
use
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Extreme care must therefore be taken in the medicinal use of any of these drugs in sufferers from alcoholism.
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Helms has accused Weld of being soft on drugs, citing his support for the medicinal use of marijuana.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Helms has accused Weld of being soft on drugs, citing his support for the medicinal use of marijuana.
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Her dad works for the government as a medicinal drugs buyer.
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Last November, voters in California and Arizona passed initiatives which allow the use of pot for medicinal purposes.
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The idea that alcohol had medicinal qualities persisted well into the twentieth century.
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The Physic Garden is planted with examples of herbs used in Medieval times for medicinal purposes.
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This species is used as a medicinal herb in the East.