croton Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant
Codiaeum variegatum.
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noun tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil
Croton tiglium.
WordNet
Cro"ton noun
Etymology
Gr. , prop., a tick, which the seed of the croton resembles.Definitions
(Bot.) A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries.
