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any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina

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  1. n. any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina
  2. n. 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
  3. n any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina n 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