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#122799 02/12/2004 8:31 PM
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A spellingbee word:
[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
[n] any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina

I thought its value was doubtful.



#122800 05/16/2004 3:09 PM
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...yet reserpine (Serpasil ® ) was a good antihypertensive medicine in its day...



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