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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 U·pas n.
 1. Bot. 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 the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria). Upas tieute is prepared from a climbing plant (Strychnos Tieute).
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 An·ti·ar n.  A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).
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