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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun croton has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

crotonn. [Gr. , prop., a tick, which the seed of the croton resembles.].
     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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

croton, n.
1 any small tree or shrub of the genus Croton, producing a capsule-like fruit.
2 any small tree or shrub of the genus Codiaeum, esp. C. variegatum, with coloured ornamental leaves.

Idiom
croton oil a powerful purgative obtained from the fruit of Croton tiglium.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk kroton sheep-tick, croton (from the shape of its seeds)
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