Upas
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Upas is a noun meaning (uncountable) A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows and derived from the tree.
Meaning
(uncountable) A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows and derived from the tree.
More Meanings
- (uncountable) A poison prepared from the climbing plant Strychnos tieute.
- (usually countable) A tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.
Example Sentences
[I]t is an all-blasting upas, whose root is earth, and whose leaves are the skies which rain their poison-dews upon mankind.
Word Forms
- upases
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mulberry, antiar, purau, araucarian, sapucaia, aroeira.
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