Croton

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Croton, OH
    Zip code(s): 43013