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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Carminative \Car*min"ative\, a. [NL. carminativus (1622), fr carminare to card, hence to cleanse, fr carmen a card for freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts and from extraneous matter: cf F. carminatif.] Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic. ``Carminative hot seeds.'' --Dunglison. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Carminative \Car*min"a*tive\, n. A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: carminative adj : relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping) [syn: {flatus-relieving}] n : medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing
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