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upas

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
upas /ˈjuːpəs/

▶noun

1 a tropical Asian tree with poisonous milky sap. [Antiaris toxicaria.]

2 (in folklore) a Javanese tree alleged to poison its surroundings.

– origin C18: from Malay (pohun) upas ‘poison’.

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