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Officinalis does not mean "useful"

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It means "medical" or "pharmaceutical". Whatever book you got that incorrect meaning from, stop using it to learn Latin and get a real handbook. (For reference, the usual Latin word used in scientific names for the meaning "useful" is utilis, for example Betula utilis, Pandanus utilis, Viburnum utile, or Manihot utilissima.) Imerologul Valah (talk) 01:34, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]