Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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rauwolfia | Yes | No | No | No |
Rauwolfia serpentina | Yes | No | No | No |
rauwolfia (noun) | Rauwolfia serpentina (noun) |
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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 | East Indian climbing shrub with twisted limbs and roots resembling serpents |
any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina |