noun
- a poisonous extract from certain South American plants, used by indigenous peoples to poison arrows
Usage: also spelled curare
Examples
- The indigenous hunters prepared their arrows with woorali before the hunt.
- Woorali is derived from plants found in the Amazon rainforest.
- The paralytic effects of woorali made it an effective hunting poison.
- European explorers first encountered woorali in South America.
- Modern medicine has studied woorali for its muscle-relaxing properties.