Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Carminative

Carminative , adjective

[New Latin carminativus (1622), from carminare to card, hence to cleanse, from carmen a card for freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from extraneous matter: compare French carminatif.]

Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic.
Carminative hot seeds. — Dunglison

Carminative , noun

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