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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Upas
Britannica 11thUPAS, a Javanese word meaning poison, and specially applied to the poison derived from the gum of the anchar tree (Antiaris toxicaria), a member of the fig-family (Moraceae), and a native of the Sunda Islands, which was commonly used to envenom the darts of th ...
Vol. 27, pp. 782-782
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