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Definitions: Rauwolfia |
RauwolfiaNoun1. Any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina. 2. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A genus of the Apocynaceae or dogbane family of tropical trees and shrubs containing alkaloids. These alkaloids have been used as tranquilizers and antihypertensive agents. Reserpine is derived from R. serpentina. (references) |
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Synonym: RauwolfiaSynonym: rauvolfia (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Rauwolfia |
| English words defined with "rauwolfia": genus Rauwolfia ♦ Raudixin, Rau-Sed, rauvolfia, Rauwolfia serpentina, reserpine ♦ Sandril, Serpasil. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "rauwolfia": Ajmaline ♦ Prajmaline ♦ Rauwolfia Alkaloids. (references) |
Expressions using "rauwolfia": genus Rauwolfia ♦ Rauwolfia Alkaloids ♦ rauwolfia serpentina. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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rauwolfia | 10 |
rauwolfia serpentina | 8 |
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| Language | Translations for "rauwolfia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | rauwolfiaalkaloider (Rauwolfia alkaloids), Rauwolfia serpentina alkaloids (Rauwolfia serpentina alkaloids). (various references) | |
Dutch | rauwolfia-alkaloïden (Rauwolfia alkaloids), Alkoiden van de Rauwolfia serpentina (Rauwolfia serpentina alkaloids). (various references) | |
French | alcaloïdes du rauwolfia (Rauwolfia alkaloids), alcaloïdes des Rauwolfia serpentina (Rauwolfia serpentina alkaloids). (various references) | |
German | Rauwolfia-Alkaloide (Rauwolfia alkaloids), Alkaloide aus Rauwolfia serpentina (Rauwolfia serpentina alkaloids). (various references) | |
Greek | αλκαλοειδή της Rauwolfia (Rauwolfia alkaloids). (various references) | |
Italian | alcaloidi della rauwolfia (Rauwolfia alkaloids), alcaloidi dei Rauwolfia serpentina (Rauwolfia serpentina alkaloids). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | auwolfiaray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | alcalóides da Rauwolfia (Rauwolfia alkaloids). (various references) | |
Spanish | alcaloides de la rauwolfia (Rauwolfia alkaloids). (various references) | |
Thai | ต้นไม้พู่มเขตร้อนมีพิษ. (various references) | |
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Words beginning with "rauwolfia": rauwolfias. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-f-i-l-o-r-u-w" | |
-2 letters: airflow. | |
-3 letters: foliar. | |
-4 letters: afoul, aural, awful, filar, flair, flora, flour, fluor, folia, frail, laari, laura, urial, woful. | |
-5 letters: afar, alar, alfa, alif, alow, aria, aril, aura, awol, fail, fair, farl, faro, fiar, fila, filo, flaw, flow, foal, foil, fora, foul, four, fowl, frow, furl, lair, lari, liar, lira, loaf, lour, oral, raia, rail, rial, roil, rolf, waif, wail, wair, waul, waur, wolf. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-f-i-l-o-r-u-w" | |
+1 letter: rauwolfias. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 61 75 77 6F 6C 66 69 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. .- ..- .--. --- .-.. ..-. .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100001 01110101 01110111 01101111 01101100 01100110 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R a u w o l f i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0061 0075 0077 006F 006C 0066 0069 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)526787898178727567 |
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