Defenition of the word rauwolfia

• Defenition of the word 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
  • 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
  • any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina

Synonyms for the word rauwolfia

• • rauvolfia

Meronymys for the word rauwolfia

• • genus Rauvolfia
  • genus Rauwolfia

Hyponyms for the word rauwolfia

• • Rauwolfia serpentina
  • snakewood

Hypernyms for the word rauwolfia

• • alkaloid
  • bush
  • shrub

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