Noun: rauwolfia raw'wûl-fee-u or ro'wûl-fee-u
- 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
"rauwolfia extracts were once commonly used to treat high blood pressure";
- rauvolfia
- Any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina
"Rauwolfia was once commonly used as a treatment for high blood pressure"
Derived forms: rauwolfias
Type of: alkaloid, bush, shrub
Part of: genus Rauvolfia, genus Rauwolfia, Raudixin, Rau-Sed, reserpine, Sandril, Serpasil
Encyclopedia: Rauwolfia