- UPAS TREE
- a poison-yielding-tree, at one time fabled to exhale such poison that it was destructive to all animal and vegetable life for miles round it.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
UPAS TREE
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upas tree — noun see upas 1a … Useful english dictionary
Upas — U pas ([=u] p[.a]s), n. [Malay p[=u]hn [=u]pas; p[=u]hn a tree + [=u]pas poison.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) A tree ({Antiaris toxicaria}) of the Breadfruit family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands. Its secretions are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
upas antiar — Upas U pas ([=u] p[.a]s), n. [Malay p[=u]hn [=u]pas; p[=u]hn a tree + [=u]pas poison.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) A tree ({Antiaris toxicaria}) of the Breadfruit family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands. Its secretions are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Upas tieute — Upas U pas ([=u] p[.a]s), n. [Malay p[=u]hn [=u]pas; p[=u]hn a tree + [=u]pas poison.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) A tree ({Antiaris toxicaria}) of the Breadfruit family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands. Its secretions are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
upas — n. 1 (in full upas tree) a a Javanese tree, Antiaris toxicaria, yielding a milky sap used as arrow poison. b Mythol. a Javanese tree thought to be fatal to whatever came near it. c a pernicious influence, practice, etc. 2 the poisonous sap of… … Useful english dictionary
Upas — Antiaris toxicaria … Wikipédia en Français
upas — /ˈjupəs/ (say yoohpuhs) noun 1. the poisonous milky sap of Antiaris toxicaria, a large tree of Java, used for arrow poison. 2. Also, upas tree. the tree. 3. a destructive or deadly power or influence. {Malay: poison} …
upas — [yo͞o′pəs] n. [short for Malay pohon upas, lit., poison tree (< Javanese upas, plant poison)] 1. a tall Javanese tree (Antiaris toxicaria) of the mulberry family, whose whitish bark yields a poisonous, milky juice used as an arrow poison 2.… … English World dictionary
upas — legendary poisonous tree of Java, 1783, from Malay upas poison, in pohun upas poison tree. The story appears to have originated in Dutch in 1770s … Etymology dictionary
bohun upas — Upas U pas ([=u] p[.a]s), n. [Malay p[=u]hn [=u]pas; p[=u]hn a tree + [=u]pas poison.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) A tree ({Antiaris toxicaria}) of the Breadfruit family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands. Its secretions are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
