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Croton

Croton Meaning & Definition
Croton Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Croton?

[n] tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil
[n] grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant

Synonyms | Synonyms for Croton: Codiaeum variegatum | Croton tiglium

Related Terms | Find terms related to Croton:

See Also | bush | cascarilla | Codiaeum | Croton eluteria | croton oil | genus Codiaeum | genus Croton | shrub

Croton In Webster's Dictionary

\Cro"ton\ (kr?"t?n), n. [Gr. ????, prop., a tick, which the seed of the croton resembles.] (Bot.) A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries. {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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