upas

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英 ['juːpəs] 美['jʊpəs]
英语单词upas
  • n. 毒害;见血封喉(产于爪哇)

英文词源


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.