Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The upas-tree of Java.
- noun One of the arrow-poisons of Java and the adjacent islands.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (
Antiaris toxicaria ).
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- noun A
poison obtained from theupas tree.
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Examples
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Yet there was comparative freshness in that tent-like apartment, as I entered it that night, shutting the door of mine after me, to prevent ailantus and upas-antiar from following in my wake.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Various
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I was curious to discover whether it was occasioned by its flowing near one of the far-famed Poison trees (Upas antiar) of Java, but my informant could not satisfy my inquiry.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Phillip Parker King
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The former he states to be a decoction or extract from the bark of the roots of a climbing plant of the genus strychnos, called tieute by the natives of Java; and the latter to be a milky, bitter, and yellowish juice, running from an incision in the bark of a large tree (new genus) called antiar; the word upas meaning, as M. Leschenault understands, vegetable poison of any kind.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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(presented to the Royal Society), upon the effects of similar experiments made with what he terms the upas antiar.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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a diluted upas-antiar of Macassar, tainting, albeit with no deadly essence, the muggy air that rocks its slumbering branches and rolls away thence along the parapets and in at the windows of the sleepers.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Various
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reesetee commented on the word antiar
Also called upas.
September 9, 2009