Associations to the word «Derris»
Wiktionary
DERRIS, noun. A climbing leguminous plant of Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific Islands, whose roots are a source of rotenone.
Dictionary definition
DERRIS, noun. 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.
Wise words
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