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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 effect when taken internally, but is quickly fatal when introduced into the blood, and used by the Indians as an arrow poison.

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urari

n. (alternative form of curare English)

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Tipped with urari, the needle-like arrow used in blow-guns will kill an ox in twenty minutes and a monkey in ten.