Useful english dictionary. 2012.
rauwolfia — [rô wool′fē ə, rouwool′fē ə] n. [ModL, after L. Rauwolf, 16th c. Ger botanist] 1. any of a genus (Rauwolfia) of tropical, mostly poisonous, trees and shrubs of the dogbane family, some of which contain medicinal substances 2. the powdered whole… … English World dictionary
Rauwolfia — A genus of tropical trees and shrubs (family Apocynaceae). The powdered whole root of R. serpentina contains alkaloids that produce a sedative antihypertensive bradycardiac action; approximately 50% of the total activity is due to reserpine. [L.… … Medical dictionary
rauwolfia — noun 1. any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina • Hypernyms: ↑alkaloid • Substance Holonyms: ↑reserpine, ↑Raudixin, ↑Rau Sed, ↑Sandril, ↑Serpasil 2. any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia … Useful english dictionary
Rauwolfia serpentina — Taxobox name = Rauwolfia serpentina image width = 240px image caption = regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Gentianales familia = Apocynaceae genus = Rauwolfia species = R. serpentina binomial = Rauwolfia… … Wikipedia
genus Rauvolfia — noun pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees • Syn: ↑genus Rauwolfia • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Apocynaceae, ↑family Apocynaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
rauwolfia — /raw wool fee euh, row /, n. 1. any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rauwolfia, as R. serpentina, of India. 2. an extract from the roots of the rauwolfia, R. serpentina, containing alkaloids the most important of which is reserpine: used in… … Universalium
rauwolfia — noun a) Any of several small trees and shrubs, of the genus Rauwolfia, that yields materials of medical use b) Any of a group of alkaloida extracted from these trees … Wiktionary
rauwolfia — n. any species of tropical tree from the genus Rauwolfia … English contemporary dictionary
rauwolfia — rau•wol•fi•a [[t]rɔˈwʊl fi ə, raʊ [/t]] n. pl. fi•as 1) pln any of various tropical trees or shrubs of the genus Rauwolfia, of the dogbane family, esp. R. serpentina, of India 2) pha an extract from the roots of R. serpentina, containing… … From formal English to slang
rauwolfia — /rɔˈwʊlfiə/ (say raw woolfeeuh), /raʊ / (say row ) noun 1. any tree or shrub of the genus Rauwolfia, family Apocynaceae, especially R. vomitoria, a species of tropical Africa. 2. an extract from the root of the above, the source of several… …
