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derris

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6 lettersPart of speech nounSorted deirrsStarts with DEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A tropical vine whose roots yield rotenone insecticide.

Word origin

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”).

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