Rauwolfia

[rɔ:'wulfiә]

Definition

(noun.) 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.

(noun.) any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina.

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