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Curari, Curare  n.  (Written also urari, woorali, woorari, etc)  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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"Curari" Quotes from Famous Books



... made of the leaf of the "coucourite" palm, are feathered with cotton, and nine or ten inches long, with a point like a needle, and poisoned with "curare." ...
— Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon • Jules Verne



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