Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Rauwolfia"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rauwolfia
n 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 [syn: {rauvolfia}]
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