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Curare

Noun

Definitionen

1.NounA plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content.
2.NounOther South American plants with similar toxins that were also used in arrow poisons, mostly in the family Menispermaceae.
3.NounA substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.
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