Rauwolfia

'Rauwolfia'

[rauwolfia.n.01] as in: any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina

'Rauwolfia'

[rauwolfia.n.02] as in: 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