cu|ra|ri

cu|ra|re or cu|ra|ri «kyu RAH ree», noun.

1. a poisonous, blackish, resinlike substance obtained from certain tropical plants, used by certain South American Indians to poison arrows. It is employed in medicine to relax muscles during operations, and in electric-shock therapy.

2. a plant yielding this substance.

╂[< Spanish curaré or Portuguese curare < the Tupi name]