upas

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions. countable,usually
    — [I]t is an all-blasting upas, whose root is earth, and whose leaves are the skies which rain their poison-dews upon mankind.
  2. A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows and derived from the tree. uncountable,usually
  3. A poison prepared from the climbing plant Strychnos tieute. uncountable,usually

词形变化

upases plural

词源

Etymology tree
Malay upasbor.
English upas
Borrowed from Malay upas.
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