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单词 rauwolfia
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
rau•wol•fi•a  (rô wŏŏl′fē ə, rou-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rauwolfia, as R. serpentina, of India.
  2. Drugsan extract from the roots of the rauwolfia, R. serpentina, containing alkaloids the most important of which is reserpine: used in medicine chiefly for the treatment of hypertension and as a sedative.
  • Neo-Latin, named after Latin. Rauwolf, 16th-century German botanist; see -ia
  • 1745–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
rauwolfia /rɔːˈwʊlfɪə raʊ-/ n
  1. any tropical tree or shrub of the apocynaceous genus Rauwolfia, esp R. serpentina of SE Asia
  2. the powdered root of R. serpentina: a source of various drugs, esp reserpine
Etymology: 19th Century: New Latin, named after Leonhard Rauwolf (died 1596), German botanist
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