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derris
DEFINITIONS OF:
derris
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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
Type of:
bush
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shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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