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Rauwolfia serpentina
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Rauwolfia serpentina - East Indian climbing shrub with twisted limbs and roots resembling serpentssnakewoodrauvolfia, rauwolfia - 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 |
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rauwolfia [raw-wol´fe-ah] 1. any member of the genus Rauwolfia, tropical trees and shrubs.2. the dried root, or extract of the dried root, of one of these plants.rauwolfia serpenti´na the dried root of Rauwolfia serpentina, sometimes with fragments of rhizome and other parts, used as an antihypertensive agent. Rau·wol·fi·a ser·pen·ti·na (row-wūl'fē-ă sĕr'pen-tīnă) A genus of tropical trees and shrubs; has alkaloids that produce a sedative-antihypertensive-bradycardiac action. [L. Rauwolf, German botanist, 16th century]Rauwolf, Leonhard, German botanist, 1535-1596. rauwolfia serpentina - the dried roots of a tropical shrub whose extracts are used as hypotensive drugs and sedatives.Rauwolfia serpentina
Synonyms for Rauwolfia serpentinanoun East Indian climbing shrub with twisted limbs and roots resembling serpentsSynonymsRelated Words |