- curare or curari
- cu|ra|re or cu|ra|ri [ kju`rari ] noun uncounta poisonous substance made from a South American plant
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curare or curari
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curare — or curari [kyo͞o rä′rē, ko͞orä′rē] n. [Port curare, curari or Sp curaré, urarí < native (Tupí) name] 1. a black, resinous substance prepared from the juices of certain South American plants and used by some Indians for poisoning arrows: it… … English World dictionary
Curari — 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} ({Strychnos toxifera}, etc.). It sometimes has little… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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} ({Strychnos toxifera}, etc.). It sometimes has little effect when … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
curare — /kyoo rahr ee, koo /, n. 1. a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, esp. S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in… … Universalium
curare — also curari noun Etymology: Portuguese & Spanish curare, from Carib kurari Date: 1777 a dried aqueous extract especially of a vine (as Strychnos toxifera of the family Loganiaceae or Chondodendron tomentosum of the family Menispermaceae) used by… … New Collegiate Dictionary
curari — noun see curare … New Collegiate Dictionary
curare — /kjuˈrari / (say kyooh rahree) noun 1. a blackish resin like substance from Strychnos toxifera and other tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, and from Chondrodendron tomentosum, used by the indigenous people of South America to add poison to… …
Strychnos toxifera — 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} ({Strychnos toxifera}, etc.). It sometimes has little… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
urari — 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} ({Strychnos toxifera}, etc.). It sometimes has little… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
woorali — 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} ({Strychnos toxifera}, etc.). It sometimes has little… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
