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rauwolfia Definition


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rauwolfia
noun
    1. Any of various tropical trees and shrubs with clusters of white flowers and red or black berries, some of which were the natural basis for psychotropic drugs, including reserpine.
Etymology: 18c: named after German physician and botanist Leonard Rauwolf (died 1596).



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