curari — noun see curare … New Collegiate Dictionary
Curari — Tabebuia (C) … EthnoBotanical Dictionary
curari — n. poisonous substance derived from a tropical plant … English contemporary dictionary
curare or curari — cu|ra|re or cu|ra|ri [ kju rari ] noun uncount a poisonous substance made from a South American plant … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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
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
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
woorari — 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
