Curare

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A dark resinous extract obtained from several tropical American woody plants, especially Chondrodendron tomentosum or certain species of Strychnos, used as an arrow poison by some Indian peoples of South America.
  • n. A purified preparation or alkaloid obtained from Chondrodendron tomentosum, used in medicine and surgery to relax skeletal muscles.
  • n. A plant yielding curare.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A plant, Strychnos toxifera, known for the toxin it produces.
  • n. A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A black resinoid extract prepared by the South American Indians from the bark of several species of Strychnos (Strychnos toxifera, etc.). It sometimes has little effect when taken internally, but is quickly fatal when introduced into the blood, and used by the Indians as an arrow poison.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as curari.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles
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    curari   
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    urari    woorali    woorari   
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