derris

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Noun === derris (uncountable) A climbing leguminous plant of Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific Islands, Derris elliptica, whose roots are a source of rotenone. === Anagrams === driers, reirds, riders, sirred