Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun curare

1 sense of curare

Sense 1
tubocurarine, curare -- (a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles; "curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction")
       => alkaloid -- (natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants)
       => neuromuscular blocking agent -- (a substance that interferes with the neural transmission between motor neurons and skeletal muscles)
       => plant toxin, phytotoxin -- (any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin)