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Rauwolfia

noun
1.
Any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina.
2.
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.  Synonym: rauvolfia.



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Words linked to "Rauwolfia" :   Rauwolfia serpentina, Sandril, genus Rauwolfia, snakewood, Raudixin, alkaloid, Rau-Sed, reserpine, bush, rauvolfia, genus Rauvolfia, shrub, Serpasil


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