derris

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Noun

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der=ris

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun derris has 1 sense

derris(n = noun.plant) - any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone; several are sources of native fish and arrow poisons;

is a member of

genus derris

is a kind of bush, shrub

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

derris, n.
1 any woody tropical climbing leguminous plant of the genus Derris, bearing leathery pods.
2 an insecticide made from the powdered root of some kinds of derris.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk, = leather covering (with ref. to its pod)