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Definition of: Rauwolfia

(rô·wolfē·ə, -woobrevel-) noun
A genus of tropical trees or shrubs of the dogbane family, several of which contain alkaloids having valuable medicinal properties; especially, R. serpentina, an Indian species from which the alkaloid reserpine was first isolated. [after Leonard Rauwolf, 17th century German botanist]

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