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See also: Derris
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Derris_elliptica_kz1.jpg/220px-Derris_elliptica_kz1.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]New Latin and translingual Derris, from Ancient Greek δέρρις (dérrhis, “leather, skin”), referring to the leathery pods, from δέρω (dérō, “I skin, I flay”).
Noun
[edit]derris (uncountable)
- A climbing leguminous plant of Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific Islands, Derris elliptica, whose roots are a source of rotenone.