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upas in American English
a tall Javanese tree (Antiaris toxicaria) of the mulberry family, whose whitish bark yields a poisonous, milky juice used as an arrow poison
noun: 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

upas in British English
noun: a large moraceous tree of Java, Antiaria toxicaria, having whitish bark and poisonous milky sap

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