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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(usually countable) 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.
Use upas when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Upas means (usually countable) A tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions..
Common synonyms include bohun upas, upas tieute.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[I]t is an all-blasting upas, whose root is earth, and whose leaves are the skies which rain their poison-dews upon mankind.
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