Upas
noun
1.
the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
2.
the tree itself.
noun
1.
a large moraceous tree of Java, Antiaria toxicaria, having whitish bark and poisonous milky sap
2.
the sap of this tree, used as an arrow poison
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