cro·ton /ˈkrotṇ/
巴豆
cro·ton /ˈkrotṇ/ 名詞
Cro·ton n. 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.
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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]