1. woody vine having bright green leaves and racemes of rose-tinted white flowers; the swollen roots contain rotenone; [syn: derris root, tuba root, Derris elliptica]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
derris root
n 1: woody vine having bright green leaves and racemes of rose-
tinted white flowers; the swollen roots contain rotenone
[syn: derris root, tuba root, Derris elliptica]