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curares

curares is the plural of curare.

Meaning of curare

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.

Questions about curares

What is curares the plural of?
Curares is the plural of curare.

Words near curares in the dictionary

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

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