Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Officinal

Officinal , adjective

[French, from Latin officina a workshop, contr. from opificina, from opifex a workman; opus work + facere to make or do.]

1.
Used in a shop, or belonging to it. [Obsolete or Rare] — Johnson
2.
(Pharmacy) Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.

This term is often interchanged with official, but in strict use officinal drugs are not necessarily official. See Official, a., 3.