derris in English
noun
1
an insecticide made from the powdered roots of certain tropical plants containing rotenone.
This consisted of picking off the mature caterpillars and feeding them to the hens, and a liberal application of derris powder.
2
a woody, climbing plant of the pea family that bears leathery pods and has tuberous roots from which this insecticide is obtained.
By the mid 1800s, the heads of chrysanthemum flowers were used to obtain pyrethrum, and rotenone was extracted from the derris plant.
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