rauvolfia

rauvolfia
noun
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: ↑rauwolfia
Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush
Hyponyms: ↑snakewood, ↑Rauwolfia serpentina
Member Holonyms: ↑genus Rauwolfia, ↑genus Rauvolfia

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