rau•wol•fi•a
We found 5 definitions of rauwolfia from 3 different sources.
NounPlural: rauwolfias |
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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 | ||
rauvolfia | ||
shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
genus rauvolfia, genus rauwolfia pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees | ||
rauwolfia - any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina | ||
alkaloid natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants |