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Definition of Genus derris
1. Noun. Genus of Old World tropical shrubs and woody vines.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Derris, Derris Elliptica, Derris Root, Tuba Root
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Derris, Derris Elliptica, Derris Root, Tuba Root
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Derris
Literary usage of Genus derris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1912)
"77—78, 120) has advocated the use of the “ tuba root,” also belonging to the
genus Derris, which is used in the East ..."
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