OFFICINAL


Meaning of OFFICINAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈfi-sə-n ə l, ȯ-, ä-; ˌȯ-fə-ˈsī-n ə l, ˌä- ]

adjective

Etymology: Medieval Latin officinalis of a storeroom, from officina storeroom, from Latin, workshop, from opific-, opifex workman, from opus work + facere to do

Date: circa 1720

: medicinal

a monograph on officinal flora

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.