Derris

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia, whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A climbing leguminous plant of Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific Islands, whose roots are a source of rotenone.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. 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
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