Associations to the word «Upas»
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Wiktionary
UPAS, noun. (usually countable) (botany) A tree Antiaris toxicaria of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.
UPAS, noun. (uncountable) A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows derived from the tree.
UPAS, noun. (uncountable) A poison prepared from a climbing plant Strychnos tieute
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.