curare
/kjʊˈrɑːrɪ/noun
mass noun
1- a bitter resinous substance obtained from the bark and stems of some South American plants. It paralyses the motor nerves and is traditionally used by some Indian peoples to poison their arrows and blowpipe darts.箭毒。
1.1
- Curare is obtained from Curarea species and Chondodendron tomentosum (family Menispermaceae), and Strychnos toxifera (family Loganiaceae).箭毒提炼于箭毒类植物和南美的绒毛谷树（拉丁名 chondodendron tomentosum,防己科）及毒马钱（拉丁名Strychnos toxifera,马钱科）。
词源
late 18th cent.: from a Carib word, partly via Spanish and Portuguese.