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plant toxin vs curare

curare vs plant toxin

plant toxin and curare both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
plant toxin Yes No No No
curare Yes No No No
As nouns, curare is a hyponym of plant toxin; that is, curare is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than plant toxin:
  • plant toxin: any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin
  • curare: a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles
Other hyponyms of plant toxin include nicotine, strychnine, brucine, hemlock, mycotoxin, tubocurarine.
plant toxin (noun) curare (noun)
any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles
Difference between plant toxin and curare

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