Noun
- 1. rauwolfia, alkaloid
- usage: any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina
- 2. rauwolfia, rauvolfia, shrub, bush
- usage: 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
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