derris root

derris root
noun
woody vine having bright green leaves and racemes of rose-tinted white flowers; the swollen roots contain rotenone
Syn: ↑tuba root, ↑Derris elliptica
Hypernyms: ↑vine
Member Holonyms: ↑genus Derris

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  • Derris — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …   Wikipedia

  • Derris elliptica — noun woody vine having bright green leaves and racemes of rose tinted white flowers; the swollen roots contain rotenone • Syn: ↑derris root, ↑tuba root • Hypernyms: ↑vine • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Derris …   Useful english dictionary

  • DERRIS ELLIPTICA BENTH. - ДЕРРИС ЭЛЛИПТИЧЕСКИЙ — см. 464. Кустарник. D. elliptica Benth. Д. эллиптический in Journ. Linn. Soc. IV Suppl. (1860) III. Burkill (1935) 789. Сенкевич (1935) 104. Чжао Шан хуань (1958) 117. S y n. Pongamia elliptica Wall.; P. dubia Grab.; Pterocarpus ellipticus 0.… …   Справочник растений

  • Derris elliptica — rotenone o te*none, n. A chemical substance ({C23H22O6}) extracted from the root of the derris ({Derris elliptica}, {Derris malaccensis}, and other species), used in treatment of scabies and as an insecticide for external infestation by chiggers… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Derris malaccensis — rotenone o te*none, n. A chemical substance ({C23H22O6}) extracted from the root of the derris ({Derris elliptica}, {Derris malaccensis}, and other species), used in treatment of scabies and as an insecticide for external infestation by chiggers… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • derris — n. 1 any woody tropical climbing leguminous plant of the genus Derris, bearing leathery pods. 2 an insecticide made from the powdered root of some kinds of derris. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk, = leather covering (with ref. to its pod) …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Derris — noun genus of Old World tropical shrubs and woody vines • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae • Member Meronyms: ↑derris, ↑derris root, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • tuba root — noun woody vine having bright green leaves and racemes of rose tinted white flowers; the swollen roots contain rotenone • Syn: ↑derris root, ↑Derris elliptica • Hypernyms: ↑vine • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Derris …   Useful english dictionary

  • Rotenone — IUPAC name (2R,6aS,12aS) 1,2,6,6a,12,12a hexahydro 2 isopropenyl 8,9 dimethoxychromeno[3,4 b] furo(2 …   Wikipedia

  • rotenone — The principal insecticidal component of derris root, Derris elliptica, D. malaccensis, and other species of D., and from Lonchocarpus nicou (family Leguminosae); used externally for the treatment of scabies and infestation with chiggers, and in… …   Medical dictionary

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