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rauwolfia vs shrub

shrub vs rauwolfia

rauwolfia and shrub both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
rauwolfia Yes No No No
shrub Yes No No No
As nouns, shrub is a hypernym of rauwolfia; that is, shrub is a word with a broader meaning than rauwolfia:
  • rauwolfia: 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
  • shrub: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
Other hypernyms of rauwolfia include bush.
rauwolfia (noun) shrub (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 a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina
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