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Rauwolfia

Rauwolfia Meaning & Definition
Rauwolfia Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rauwolfia?

[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
[n] any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rauwolfia: rauvolfia

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See Also | alkaloid | bush | genus Rauvolfia | genus Rauwolfia | Raudixin | Rau-Sed | Rauwolfia serpentina | reserpine | Sandril | Serpasil | shrub | snakewood

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