upas
About 0.05 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.
- noun A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows and derived from the tree.
- noun A poison prepared from the climbing plant Strychnos tieute.
Similar words
mulberry antiar amber tree purau araucarian sapucaia aroeira anamu acerola amboyna
Often followed by
tree of antiar trees a tieute the poison is
Word family
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