rauwolfia
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
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