Associations to the word «Rotenone»

Wiktionary

ROTENONE, noun. An insecticide extracted from the roots of the plant derris; it is toxic to humans and other mammals

Dictionary definition

ROTENONE, noun. A white crystalline insecticide that has low toxicity for mammals; is used in home gardens; extracted from the roots of derris and cube.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope