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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) 2.0 [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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