Crossword clues for croton
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of various plants, of the genus ''Croton'', that yield croton oil. 2 A tropical evergreen shrub, (taxlink Codiaeum variegatum species noshow=1), having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant.
WordNet
n. grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant [syn: Codiaeum variegatum]
tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil [syn: Croton tiglium]
Wikipedia
Croton is an extensive flowering plant genus in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. The plants of this genus were described and introduced to Europeans by Georg Eberhard Rumphius. The common names for this genus are rushfoil and croton, but the latter also refers to Codiaeum variegatum. The generic name comes from the Greek (), which means " tick" and refers to the shape of the seeds of certain species.
Croton may refer to:
Usage examples of "croton".
With Brogus and the Allobroges traveled their guide, Titus Volturcius of Croton, as well as one Lucius Tarquinius and the knight Marcus Caeparius.
While rats ran under the sewers of the lower neighborhoods, such as mine, the Harlem River steamboat took the daytrippers over to Claremont, where the aqueducts from Croton rested.
The retinue of Croton swelled from hour to hour until it formed a long double line that wound its way through the camp, at first to the sound of oboes and kettledrums only, but then a sort of choric chanting was developed, certain phrases were shouted loudly and repeatedly.
Victoria went on long walks after that in the afternoons, and Olivia never said anything anymore when her sister disappeared to Croton or Dobbs Ferry, or even Ossining.
She had bravely spoken to Olivia of divorce, when they were still back in Croton.
But Olivia knew her real punishment had come long before, in their bathroom in Croton.
But on the other hand, if they went to Croton now, it would defeat the whole purpose of Olivia taking Geoffrey with her.
In fact, the cough dragged on, and she never felt right leaving him, and Olivia discouraged her from leaving Charles and coming to Croton herself.
They kept Geoff out of school, and he went back to Croton with them, and as soon as Olivia got there, she was glad she had come.
The carriage Olivia had to use for the twins was the most unwieldy antiquated thing she had ever seen, but Bertie had insisted on bringing it from Croton.
To the left, not yet screened by the young oleanders and crotons that had been planted for this eventual purpose, were the kitchens and laundry and staff quarters, the usual back quarters of a luxury hotel.
The terrain was higher here, with a growth of crotons, calabash trees, custard apples and even guavas cactus.
The pine trees, the royal palms, the tulip trees, the avocados, the wild plum, the crotons, the house and the horses.
The lakes were bordered by tall Dade County pines, and the residents had planted their yards with orange, grapefruit, and mango trees, hedges of Barbados cherry and screw-leaf crotons, and several varieties of palms, including a few stately Royals.
It took Hoke twenty minutes to find his teeth, but they had landed in a cluster of screw-leaved crotons and weren't damaged.