derris

n. 鱼藤, 鱼藤酮(一种杀虫剂) [医] 鱼藤属

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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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词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

bush shrub

词源

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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