English Explanatory Dictionary

upas

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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 and derived from the tree.
  3. A poison prepared from the climbing plant Strychnos tieute.

Word forms

upas upases

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay upas.

Synonyms

bohun upas upas tieute
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