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rauwolfia

DEFINITIONS OF: rauwolfia

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n 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

Synonyms:
rauvolfia
Types:
Rauwolfia serpentina, snakewood
East Indian climbing shrub with twisted limbs and roots resembling serpents
Type of:
bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

n any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina

Type of:
alkaloid
natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants
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