CURARE


Meaning of CURARE in English

[cu.ra.re] also cu.ra.ri n [Pg & Sp curare, fr. Carib kurari] (1777): a dried aqueous extract esp. of a vine (as Strychnos toxifera of the family Loganiaceae or Chondodendron tomentosum of the family Menispermaceae) used by So. American Indians to poison arrow tips and in medicine to produce muscular relaxation

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