derris
See also: Derris
English
Etymology
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
derris (uncountable)
- A climbing leguminous plant of Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific Islands, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., whose roots are a source of rotenone.