upas
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (usually countable) A tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.Examples: "[I]t is an all-blasting upas, whose root is earth, and whose leaves are the skies which rain their poison-dews upon mankind."Synonyms: bohun upascountableusually
2. (uncountable) A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows derived from the tree.uncountableusually
3. (uncountable) A poison prepared from the climbing plant Strychnos tieute.Synonyms: upas tieuteuncountableusually
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