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antiar

American

[an-tee-ahr] / ˈæn tiˌɑr /

noun

the upas tree.
Also antiarin an arrow poison prepared from the sap of the upas tree.

antiar British

/ ˈæntɪˌɑː /

noun

another name for upas upas

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Etymology

Origin of antiar

1860–65; said to be < Java Malay ancar

Example Sentences

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This tree, according to Deschamps, is named in the country, pohou antiar; it frequently rises to the height of thirty or forty feet.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

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