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What is derris?

What is derris? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A climbing leguminous plant of Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific Islands, Derris elliptica, whose roots are a source of rotenone.
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Second, spray the tree with derris, which is widely available, when roughly half the flower petals have fallen.
Jam laced with derris, camphor, citronella or pepper also makes an effective bait.
Rotenone has been developed as a commercially prepared product from derris plant roots and has become one of the best studied natural toxic compounds.
This consisted of picking off the mature caterpillars and feeding them to the hens, and a liberal application of derris powder.
Pyrethrum and derris are short-lived, mild natural insecticides that poison insects.
For rotenone is no post-war insect killer cooked up in a corporate lab, but a natural product, extracted from the derris plant, and a mainstay of organic farms and gardens.

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