noun
- a poisonous plant extract from South America used as a paralytic arrow poison; curare.
Usage: also spelled curare or curari; historical and ethnobotanical term
Examples
- Indigenous peoples of the Amazon used oorali to poison their hunting arrows.
- The explorer documented the preparation of oorali by local tribes.
- Oorali was later studied by scientists for its potential medical applications.
- The toxin in oorali acts as a neuromuscular blocking agent.