English-Thai Dictionary
upas
N น้ำ ที่ มีพิษ จาก พืช พวก Antiaris toxicaria พบ ใน ชวา
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
UPAS
U "pas, n. Etym: [Malay p; p a tree + poison. ]
1. (Bot. )
Defn: A tree (Antiaris toxicaria ) of the Breadfruit family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands. Its secretions are poisonous, and it has been fabulously reported that the atmosphere about it is deleterious. Called also bohun upas.
2. A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows. One kind, upas antiar, is, derived from upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria ). Upas tieute is prepared from a climbing plant (Strychnos Tieute ).
New American Oxford Dictionary
upas
u pas |ˈyo͞opəs ˈjupəs |(also upas tree ) ▶noun a tropical Asian tree, the milky sap of which has been used as arrow poison and for ritual purposes. [Antiaris toxicaria, family Moraceae. ] • (in folklore ) a Javanese tree alleged to poison its surroundings and said to be fatal to approach. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Malay (pohun ) upas ‘poison (tree ).’
Oxford Dictionary
upas
upas |ˈjuːpəs |(also upas tree ) ▶noun a tropical Asian tree, the milky sap of which has been used as arrow poison and for ritual purposes. ●Antiaris toxicaria, family Moraceae. • (in folklore ) a Javanese tree alleged to poison its surroundings and said to be fatal to approach. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Malay ( pohun ) upas ‘poison ’.
Duden Dictionary
Upas
Upas Substantiv, Neutrum , das |U pas |das Upas; Genitiv: des Upas malaiisch als Pfeilgift verwendeter Milchsaft eines javanischen Baumes
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