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upas.

A tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.

    countable · usually
  2. A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows and derived from the tree.

    uncountable · usually
  3. A poison prepared from the climbing plant Strychnos tieute.

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *upas Malay upasbor. English upas Borrowed from Malay upas.

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