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noun
Any of several small trees and shrubs, of the genus Rauwolfia, that yield materials of medical use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of a group of alkaloids extracted from these trees.
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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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rauvolfia
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
Narrower terms: snakewood, Rauwolfia serpentina
noun
any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: alkaloid
History
From the genus name.
