derris

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Definition von derris im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A climbing leguminous plant of Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific Islands, whose roots are a source of rotenone

{i} variety of tropical climbing plant

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

Relevante Übersetzungen

derris root

woody vine having bright green leaves and racemes of rose-tinted white flowers; the swollen roots contain rotenone

genus derris

genus of Old World tropical shrubs and woody vines

Silbentrennung

der·ris