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Rauwolfia serpentina

DEFINITIONS OF: Rauwolfia serpentina

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n East Indian climbing shrub with twisted limbs and roots resembling serpents

Synonyms:
snakewood
Type of:
rauvolfia, 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
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