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Webster 1913 Edition
Upas
U′pas
(ū′pȧs)
, Noun.
[Malay
pūhn-ūpas
; pūhn
a tree + ūpas
poison.] 1.
(Bot.)
A tree (
Antiaris toxicaria
) of the Breadfruit family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands. Its secretions are poisonous, and it has been fabulously reported that the atmosphere about it is deleterious. Called also bohun upas
. 2.
A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows. One kind,
upas antiar
, is derived from the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria
). Upas tieute
is prepared from a climbing plant (Strychnos Tieute
). Definition 2024
upas
upas
English
Noun
upas (usually uncountable, plural upases)
- (usually countable) A tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.
- (uncountable) A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows derived from the tree.
- (uncountable) A poison prepared from the climbing plant Strychnos tieute.
Synonyms
- (Antiaris toxicaria): bohun upas
- (poison from Antiaris toxicaria):
- (poison from Strychnos tieute): upas tieute