UPAS


Meaning of UPAS in English

n.1 (in full upas-tree) a a Javanese tree, Antiaris toxicaria, yielding a milky sap used as arrow-poison. b Mythol. a Javanese tree thought to be fatal to whatever came near it. c a pernicious influence, practice, etc.

2 the poisonous sap of upas and other trees.

Etymology: Malay upas poison

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.