rauwolfia

noun

any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers

any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina

Roots

rauwolfrauwolf- · German · named for botanist Leonhard Rauwolf ia-ia · Latin · forming genus names

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