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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread rauwolfia #122799 02/12/2004 8:31 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rauwolfia #122800 05/16/2004 3:09 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,066 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,066 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA ...yet reserpine (Serpasil ® ) was a good antihypertensive medicine in its day... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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