Meaning and Origin
What does the name Derris mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Derris
User Submitted Origins
Hebrew
43%
African
29%
English
14%
Spanish
14%
International Interest
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Other Dictionary Sources
- Any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone; several are sources of native fish and arrow poisons
Wiktionary
New Latin and Translingual Derris, from Ancient Greek δέρρις (dérrhis, “leather, skin”), referring to the leathery pods, from δέρω (dérō, “I skin, I flay”).
- A climbing leguminous plant of Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific Islands, Derris elliptica, whose roots are a source of rotenone.