Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - derris
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Derris
derris
noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Greek, skin, from derein to skin — more at tear Date: 1919 1. a preparation chiefly of ground ~ roots used as an insecticide 2. any of a large genus (Derris) of tropical Eurasian shrubs and woody vines of the legume family including sources of poisons and especially commercial sources of rotenone
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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) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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