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Definition of Croton

Croton
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.

Meaning of Croton from wikipedia

- up Croton or croton in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Croton may refer to: Crotoneae, a tribe of the flowering plant subfamily Crotonoideae Croton (plant)...
- The Croton Aqueduct or Old Croton Aqueduct was a large and complex water distribution system constructed for New York City between 1837 and 1842. The...
- Codiaeum variegatum (fire croton, garden croton, or variegated croton; syn. Croton variegatum L.) is a species of plant in the genus Codiaeum, which is...
- Croton is an extensive plant genus in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. The plants of this genus were described and introduced to Europeans by Georg Eberhard...
- Croton oil (Crotonis oleum) is an oil prepared from the seeds of Croton tiglium, a tree belonging to the order Euphorbiales and family Euphorbiaceae,...
- Croton-on-Hudson is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The po****tion was 8,327 at the 2020 United States census over 8,070 at the...
- Croton Falls may refer to: Croton Falls, New York, a hamlet in North Salem, New York, United States Croton Falls (Metro-North station), serving Croton...
- Croton tiglium, known as purging croton, is a plant species in the family Euphorbiaceae. The specific name tiglium is of obscure origin. It may come from...
- Milo or Milon of Croton (late 6th century BC) was a famous ancient Gr**** athlete from the Gr**** colony of Croton in Magna Graecia. He was a six-time Olympic...
- Croton eluteria, known as cascarilla, is a plant species of the genus Croton that is native to the Caribbean. It has been naturalized in other tropical...