Upas Definition

yo͝opəs
noun
A tall Javanese tree (Antiaris toxicaria) of the mulberry family, whose whitish bark yields a poisonous, milky juice used as an arrow poison.
Webster's New World
The juice of this tree.
Webster's New World
Something harmful or deadly in its influence.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Upas

Noun

Singular:
upas
Plural:
upases

Origin of Upas

  • Malay (pohun) upas poison (tree) of Javanese origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Malay upas.

    From Wiktionary

Upas Sentence Examples

  • It was generally understood that Gladstone intended to deal with three great Irish grievances the three branches of the Glad- upas tree the religious, agricultural and educa stones tional grievances.

  • In two sessions two branches of the upas tree hnd been summarily cut off.

  • His methods were doubtless known also to the French physiologist Magendie, who improved upon them, and who in 1809 published a research on the Upas Tieute and other strychnine-containing plants, in which he showed that their effects were due to an action on the spinal cord.

  • Like the terrain around the Upas tree No Man's Land was scourged, swept incessantly by fire and lethal poisons.

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Words Starting With

UUPUPA

Words Ending With

SASPAS

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Words Starting With U and Ending With S

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With U4 Letter Words Ending With S