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| any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina | ||||
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| pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees ❲Rauvolfia, Rauwolfia❳ | ||||
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| 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 |