upas. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

upas

SYLLABICATION:	u·pas
PRONUNCIATION:	yps
NOUN:	1. A deciduous tree (Antiaris toxicaria) of tropical Africa and Asia that yields a latex used as an arrow poison. 2. The poison obtained from this tree or from similar trees.
ETYMOLOGY:	Malay (pohun) upas, poison (tree), of Javanese origin.


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