genus rauvolfia

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   pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees

   Synonymsgenus Rauwolfia

   Broaderdicot genus

   Part ofApocynaceae

Questions about genus rauvolfia

What does genus rauvolfia mean?

genus rauvolfia means "pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees".

What is another word for genus rauvolfia?

Close synonyms include genus Rauwolfia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus rauvolfia a common word?

genus rauvolfia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.