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Upas
(usually countable) 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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noun
- 1
(usually countable) A tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.
- 2
A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows derived from the tree.
- 3
A poison prepared from the climbing plant Strychnos tieute.
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