rauvolfia

Noun rauvolfia has 1 sense

• rauvolfia(n = noun.plant) rauwolfia - 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;
is a member of genus rauvolfia, genus rauwolfia
has particulars: rauwolfia serpentina, snakewood
is a kind of bush, shrub