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croton

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun croton has 2 senses

croton(n = noun.plant) codiaeum variegatum - grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant; Array

is a member of codiaeum, genus codiaeum

is a kind of bush, shrub

croton(n = noun.plant) croton tiglium - tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil; Array

is a member of genus croton

has particulars: cascarilla, croton eluteria

is a kind of bush, shrub

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CIDE DICTIONARY

croton, n. [Gr. , prop., a tick, which the seed of the croton resembles.].

A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries. [1913 Webster]

Croton oil (Med.), a viscid, acrid, brownish yellow oil obtained from the seeds of Croton Tiglium, a small tree of the East Indies. It is a most powerful drastic cathartic, and is used externally as a pustulant.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

croton, n.
1 any small tree or shrub of the genus Croton, producing a capsule-like fruit.
2 any small tree or shrub of the genus Codiaeum, esp. C. variegatum, with coloured ornamental leaves.

Idiom

croton oil a powerful purgative obtained from the fruit of Croton tiglium.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk kroton sheep-tick, croton (from the shape of its seeds)

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