reserpine

 
Pronunciation: /rɪˈsəːpiːn/

noun

[mass noun] Medicine
  • a compound of the alkaloid class obtained from Indian snakeroot and other plants and used in the treatment of hypertension.

Origin:

1950s: from the modern Latin species name R(auwolfia) serp(entina), named after Leonhard Rauwolf (see rauwolfia), + -ine4