Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina;
2.
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;
[syn: rauwolfia, rauvolfia]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rauwolfia
n 1: any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia
serpentina
2: 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 [syn: rauwolfia, rauvolfia]