croton

3 definitions found

croton - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [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.
        [1913 Webster]

croton - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  croton
      n 1: grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage;
           widely cultivated as a houseplant [syn: croton, Codiaeum variegatum
           ]
      2: tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil [syn: croton,
         Croton tiglium]

croton - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Croton, OH
    Zip code(s): 43013