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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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Kallolo, who had started as he intended at daybreak, returned in the evening with the materials for his blowpipe, and the ingredients for manufacturing the woorali poison.

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

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

I thought of curare, or woorali, the South American arrow poison with which Kennedy once had dealt.

From The Film Mystery by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

It was woorali, and the reason why there was no trace of a weapon was because the blessed thing melted.

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

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

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