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- Noun. (context, usually countable) A tree ''Antiaris toxicaria'' of the breadfruit family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.
- Noun. (uncountable) A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows derived from the tree.
- Noun. (uncountable) A poison prepared from a climbing plant ''Strychnos tieute''.
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