Noun rauwolfia has 2 senses
  1. rauwolfia - any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina
    --1 is a kind of
    alkaloid
    --1 is a substance of reserpine, Raudixin, Rau-Sed, Sandril, Serpasil
  2. rauwolfia, rauvolfia - 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
    --2 is a kind of shrub, bush
    --2 is a member of genus Rauwolfia, genus Rauvolfia
    --2 has particulars: snakewood, Rauwolfia serpentina
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