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Definitions

1. A plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content.
   uncountable, usually
2. Other South American plants with similar toxins that were also used in arrow poisons, mostly in the family Menispermaceae.
   uncountable, usually
3. A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.
   uncountable, usually

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