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 | ||
Synonyms | rauwolfia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bush, shrub | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Rauwolfia serpentina, snakewood | ||
Member meronym | genus Rauvolfia, genus Rauwolfia | ||