upas
upas noun: a tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.
Noun
upas (usually uncountable, plural upases)
- A tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.
- [I]t is an all-blasting upas, whose root is earth, and whose leaves are the skies which rain their poison-dews upon mankind.1818, Thomas Love Peacock, chapter 11, in Nightmare Abbey, Hookham, published 1818
- Synonyms:
- bohun upas
- A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows and derived from the tree.
- A poison prepared from the climbing plant Strychnos tieute.
- Synonyms:
- upas tieute
upas meaning in Malay and Vietnamese
upas in Malay
- tree
- pokok upas
- poison from Antiaris toxicaria
- upas
- poison from Strychnos tieute
- upas
upas in Vietnamese
- tree
- sui, thuốc bắn
Synonyms of upas
- bohun upas
- upas tieute
Forms of upas
| plural | upases |
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Origin of upas
Borrowed from Malay upas.
Questions about upas
- What does upas mean?
- Upas means a tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.
- What is upas in Malay?
- Upas in Malay is pokok upas, upas. See Upas meaning in Malay.
- What part of speech is upas?
- Upas is a noun.
- What is the plural of upas?
- The plural of upas is upases.
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