Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A genus of cuphorbiaceous plants, comprising about 500 species, natives of warm and especially of tropical regions, many of which possess important medicinal properties. Croton Tiglium, a native of several parts of the East Indies, possesses most active and dangerous purgative properties; every part—wood, leaves, and fruit—seems to participate equally in the energy. Croton-oil is extracted from the seeds of this species, which are of about the size and shape of field-beans. C. Eleuteria, of the Bahamas, yields cas-carilla bark. (See
cascarilla .) C. niveus yields a similar aromatic bitter bark, known as copalche bark. Some other species are used on account of their aromatic and balsamic properties, or for their resinous products. - n. A foliage-plant of the genus Codiæum: so named by florists.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries.
WordNet 3.0
- n. grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant
- n. tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil
Examples
“Croton calsamiferum" amended to _Croton balsamiferum_.”
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture
“Use: Croton is usually a hedge or foundation plant, or specimen shrub.”
Ponytail palm, croton and dwarf poinciana: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
“Ned Rust lives with his family in Croton, NY, and works in the publishing industry.”
“Hey David, want to do some springtime bass fishing in Croton Reservoir?”
“Mary C. Donnery is the librarian of the Croton Free Library in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.”
“When the 17-year-old didn’t show up for work at a local deli in Croton Falls, her parents went looking and were devastated to find her body.”
“It was initially overshadowed by other Greek colonies in southern Italy such as Croton, although it had the best harbor on the south coast of Italy and was the natural stopping point for any ships sailing west from mainland Greece.”
“Flowers: Croton produces narrow terminal racemes of insignificant white flowers.”
Ponytail palm, croton and dwarf poinciana: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
“Propagation: Croton can be propagated from greenwood cuttings, leaf bud cuttings, or air layering.”
Ponytail palm, croton and dwarf poinciana: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
“The principal species are xerophytic and include the cactus species Bursera graveolens, Croton scouleri, Brachycereus nesioticus, Jasminocereus thouarsii (R) and Opuntia echios ssp.”
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador
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