rauwolfia
noun
1 rauwolfia
Any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina.
2 rauwolfia
Any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives.
synonym: rauvolfia.
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