| genus rauwolfia | (n) pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees, Syn. genus Rauvolfia |
| rauwolfia | (n) any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina |
| rauwolfia | (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, Syn. rauvolfia |
| snakewood | (n) East Indian climbing shrub with twisted limbs and roots resembling serpents, Syn. Rauwolfia serpentina |