Look up: derris


  1. Derris
    Derris is a climbing leguminous plant of Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. Its roots contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison. Also known as Derris powder, it was formerly used as an organic insecticide used to control pests on crops such as peas....
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derris

  2. derris
    [n] - any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=derris

  3. derris
    1. Derris: a tropical shrub in the legume family. ... 2. An insecticidecontaining rotenone (tubatoxin), a chemical extracted from the derrisshrub. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?derris

  4. derris
    noun 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
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=derris

  5. derris
    Climbing leguminous plant (see legume) of southeast Asia. Its roots contain rotenone, a strong insecticide. (Derris elliptica, family Fabaceae.)
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0003568.html

  6. Derris
    [Thrace] Derris (lang-grc) was an ancient Greek city located in Thrace, located in the region of the Thracian Chersonesos. ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derris_(Thrace)

  7. derris
    1) Bush 2) Shrub
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/derris/1

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