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English noun: rauvolfia

1. rauvolfia (plant) 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


Synonymsrauwolfia


Broader (hypernym)bush, shrub


Narrower (hyponym)Rauwolfia serpentina, snakewood


Member meronymgenus Rauvolfia, genus Rauwolfia









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