Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rauwolfia

2 senses of rauwolfia

Sense 1
rauwolfia -- (any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina)
       => alkaloid -- (natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants)

Sense 2
rauwolfia, rauvolfia -- (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)
       => shrub, bush -- (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)