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woorali

American  
[woo-rah-lee] / wʊˈrɑ li /

noun

  1. curare.


woorali British  
/ wʊˈrɑːlɪ /

noun

  1. a less common name for curare

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of woorali

C18: from the native S American name

Example Sentences

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The first was composed of several bunches of the woorali vine; another was a root with a sharp, bitter taste.

From The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by Perat

How could he, indeed, he observed, find the materials for concocting the woorali poison into which to dip the point of his darts?

From The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by Perat

Be sure I looked, Doctor, the instant I suspected that woorali had been used.

From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Hanshew, Thomas W.

He told us that the native, when he wishes to catch one alive, goes forth with his blowpipe and arrows tipped with diluted woorali poison.

From The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by Perat

I’ve got you and I’ve got the woorali.

From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Hanshew, Thomas W.