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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[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.

Noun.

A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence.

Noun.

A medicine, which tends to expel wind, or to remedy colic and flatulencies.