About The Word Croton
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Croton
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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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