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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Curare \Cu*ra"re\ Curari \Cu*ra"ri\(k?-r?"r?), n. [Native name Cf {Wourall}.] A black resinoid extract prepared by the South American Indians from the bark of several species of {Strychnos} ({S. 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. [Written also {urari}, {woorali}, {woorari}, etc.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: curare n : a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles; used by South American indians as an arrow poison; "curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction" [syn: {tubocurarine}]
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