Curarine

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Curarine \Cu"ra*rine\ (k?"r?-r?n or k?-r?"r?n; 104), n. (Chem.)
     A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from
     the {Strychnos toxifera}. It is obtained in crystalline
     colorless salts.
     [1913 Webster]