Tubocurarine

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tubocurarine
       n : a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American
           trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles;
           used by South American indians as an arrow poison;
           "curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the
           myoneural junction" [syn: {curare}]