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derris

derris noun: a climbing leguminous plant of Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific Islands, Derris elliptica, whose roots are a source of rotenone.

derris: a climbing leguminous plant of Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific Islands, Derris elliptica,...
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Noun

derris (uncountable)

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

derris meaning in Tamil

derris in Tamil

டெர்ரிஸ்

Origin of derris

From New Latin and translingual Derris, from Ancient Greek δέρρις (dérrhis, “leather, skin”), referring to the leathery pods, from δέρω (dérō, “I skin, I flay”).

Questions about derris

What does derris mean?
Derris means a climbing leguminous plant of Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific Islands, Derris elliptica, whose roots are a source of rotenone.
What is derris in Tamil?
Derris in Tamil is டெர்ரிஸ். See Derris meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is derris?
Derris is a noun.

Words near derris in the dictionary

  1. derring
  2. derring-do
  3. derring-doery
  4. derringer
  5. derringers
  6. derris
  7. Derriwong
  8. derrière
  9. derrières
  10. derro
  11. derros

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: derris (page history and authors); derris (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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