upas

英 ['juːpəs] 美 ['jʊpəs]
  • n. 毒害;见血封喉(产于爪哇)
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upas (n.)
legendary poisonous tree of Java, 1783, via Dutch, from Malay upas "poison," in pohun upas "poison tree." As the name of an actual tree (Antiaris toxicaria) yielding poisonous sap, from 1814.