rauwolfia

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1. 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 (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	bush, shrub,
definition	:	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	rauwolfia serpentina, snakewood,
definition	:	East Indian climbing shrub with twisted limbs and roots resembling serpents (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus rauvolfia, genus rauwolfia,
definition	:	pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees (noun.plant)

2. any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	alkaloid,
definition	:	natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	rau-sed, raudixin, reserpine, sandril, serpasil,
definition	:	antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil) (noun.artifact)

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