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"Derris" Definition

noun

Any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia, whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

A preparation chiefly of ground derris roots used as an insecticide.

Source: Merriam-Webster

Any of a large genus () of tropical Eurasian shrubs and woody vines of the legume family including sources of poisons and especially commercial sources of rotenone.

Source: Merriam-Webster

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