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Definition of Rauwolfia
1. Noun. Any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina.
2. 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.
Group relationships: Genus Rauvolfia, Genus Rauwolfia
Specialized synonyms: Rauwolfia Serpentina, Snakewood
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Definition of Rauwolfia
1. Noun. Any of several small trees and shrubs, of the genus ''Rauwolfia'', that yields materials of medical use ¹
2. Noun. Any of a group of alkaloida extracted from these trees ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rauwolfia
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Medical Definition of Rauwolfia
1. A genus of the apocynaceae or dogbane family of tropical trees and shrubs containing alkaloids. These alkaloids have been used as tranquillisers and antihypertensive agents. Reserpine is derived from r. Serpentina. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rauwolfia
Literary usage of Rauwolfia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Shining rauwolfia; Nat. of South America. Cult. 1752,by Mr. Ph. Miller. Mill.
dict.ed. ... rauwolfia tetraphylla latifolia. Plum. ic. 232. t. 236. f. 2. ..."
2. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"rauwolfia Linn. Calyx email, deeply 5-cleft, with obtuse or acute, ... The genus
rauwolfia consists of about 45 species, which occur in the tropics of the ..."
3. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"rauwolfia Linn. Calyx -in/ill, deeply 5-cleft, with obtuse or acute, ... The genus
rauwolfia consists of about 45 species, which occur in the tropics of the ..."
4. 6th Annual Report on Carcinogens (1991) by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"USE Reserpine is a naturally occurring alkaloid produced by several members of
the genus rauwolfia, a climbing shrub indigenous to southern and southeast ..."
5. Eighth Annual Report on Carcinogens: 1998 Summary edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"Use Reserpine is a naturally occurring alkaloid produced by several members of
the genus rauwolfia, a climbing shrub indigenous to southern and southeast ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1892)
"rauwolfia canescens. — The bark contains 0.4 per cent, of an alkaloid, which is
colored ... It is supposed that the bitter roots of rauwolfia serpentina ..."
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