DERRIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does derris mean? 

• DERRIS (noun)
  The noun DERRIS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: DERRIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DERRIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("derris" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("derris" is a member of...):

genus Derris (genus of Old World tropical shrubs and woody vines)