Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Croton"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Croton \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
croton
n 1: grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage;
widely cultivated as a houseplant [syn: {Codiaeum
variegatum}]
2: tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil [syn: {Croton
tiglium}]
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