rauwolfia

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noun

1. any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina
• Hypernyms:
alkaloid
• Substance Holonyms:
reserpine, Raudixin, Rau-Sed, Sandril, Serpasil
2. 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
• Syn:
rauvolfia
• Hypernyms:
shrub, bush
• Hyponyms:
snakewood, Rauwolfia serpentina
• Member Holonyms:
genus Rauwolfia, genus Rauvolfia