noun
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
• Syn: ↑rauwolfia
• Hyponyms: ↑snakewood, ↑Rauwolfia serpentina
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Rauwolfia, ↑genus Rauvolfia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.