| NOUN | plant | rauvolfia, rauwolfia | any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers |
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| Meaning | 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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| Synonym | rauwolfia | |
| Member of | genus Rauwolfia, genus Rauvolfia | pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees |
| Narrower | snakewood, Rauwolfia serpentina | East Indian climbing shrub with twisted limbs and roots resembling serpents |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
| Spanish | rauvolfia, rauwolfia | |
| Catalan | rauvolfia | |
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