Definition of rauwolfia Rauwolfia

rau•wol•fi•a

We found 5 definitions of rauwolfia from 3 different sources.

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Noun

Plural: rauwolfias

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
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  • rauwolfia (Noun)
    Any of several small trees and shrubs, of the genus , that yields materials of medical use.
  • rauwolfia (Noun)
    Any of a group of alkaloida extracted from these trees.

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