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upases

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u⋅pas

  [yoo-puhs]
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–noun
1. the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
2. the tree itself.
Origin:
1775–85; < Javanese: poison, esp. dart poison
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u·pas   (yōō'pəs)   
n.  

  1. A deciduous tree (Antiaris toxicaria) of tropical Africa and Asia that yields a latex used as an arrow poison.

  2. The poison obtained from this tree or from similar trees.


[Malay (pohun) upas, poison (tree), of Javanese origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

upas 
legendary poisonous tree of Java, 1783, from Malay upas "poison," in pohun upas "poison tree." The story appears to have originated in Du. in 1770s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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