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officinalis

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Latin

Etymology

officīna + -ālis

Pronunciation

Adjective

officīnālis (neuter officīnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (relational) workshop, laboratory, office
  2. (botany) medicinal

Usage notes

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In New Latin, within taxonomic binomial nomenclature, officinalis (officinale) is a specific epithet in many genera of organisms, mainly plants, denoting a species that is of interest to, and is kept in, a place for pharmacy activity, including compounding; it names a kind of plant or other organism that, etymonically, belongs to a monastery's room for such activity and thus, by extension, of the herbalist's/pharmacist's/chemist's shop or physician's office (for example, Asparagus officinalis, Sisymbrium officinale, Galega officinalis); for more information see officinalis.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Descendants

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