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Antiar

Antiar \An"ti*ar\, n. [Jav. antjar.] A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree ( Antiaris toxicaria).

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antiar

n. A poison obtained from the upas tree.

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In their father's books they found references to the Antiar or Antshar of the Indo-Malay archipelago, the Antiaris toxicaria whose milky juice contains a most potent poison, like the quintessence of belladonna.