Meaning of CROTON
| Pronunciation: | | 'krowtn
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- [n] tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil
- [n] grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant
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| | Synonyms: | | Codiaeum variegatum, Croton tiglium |
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| | See Also: | | bush, cascarilla, Codiaeum, Croton eluteria, croton oil, genus Codiaeum, genus Croton, shrub | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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