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Noun: tuba root
  1. Woody vine having bright green leaves and racemes of rose-tinted white flowers; the swollen roots contain rotenone
    "The tuba root's flowers cascaded down the garden wall";
    - derris root, Derris elliptica

Derived forms: tuba roots

Type of: vine

Part of: genus Derris

Encyclopedia: Tuba root