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curare

/kjʊˈɹɑː.ɹi/US/kjʊˈɹɑ.ɹi/

curare noun: a plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content.

curare: a plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its...
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Noun

curare (usually uncountable, plural curares)

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

curare meaning in Tamil and Kannada

curare in Tamil

நரம்பினைத் தாக்கும் தாவர நஞ்சு, கியூராரே, தாவர நச்சுச்சாறு, நச்சுத் தாவரச்சாறு

curare in Kannada

ಕ್ಯುರೇರ್

Forms of curare

pluralcurares
alternative formcurari
alternative formurare
alternative formurari
alternative formwoorari
alternative formwurali

Origin of curare

From a Cariban language; compare Kari'na urari, Trió urari, wïrari, Akawaio urari, Pemon urari, Macushi urari, referring to various vines of genus Strychnos.

Words formed from curare

Questions about curare

What does curare mean?
Curare means a plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content.
What is curare in Tamil?
Curare in Tamil is நரம்பினைத் தாக்கும் தாவர நஞ்சு, கியூராரே, தாவர நச்சுச்சாறு. See Curare meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is curare?
Curare is a noun.
How do you pronounce curare?
Curare is pronounced /kjʊˈɹɑː.ɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of curare?
The plural of curare is curares.

Words near curare in the dictionary

  1. curandero
  2. curanderoes
  3. curanderos
  4. Curanipe
  5. curara
  6. curare
  7. curaremimetic
  8. curares
  9. curari
  10. curariform
  11. curarimimetic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: curare (page history and authors); curare (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); curare (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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