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Croton|ˈkrəʊtən|
[mod.L., a. Gr. κροτών a tick, also the Castor-oil plant Ricinus communis, taken in Botany as the name of an allied genus.]
1. Bot. A large genus of euphorbiaceous plants, mostly natives of tropical regions, many of the species of which have important medical properties.
1751Hill Nat. Hist. Plants 612 The herbaceous Croton with rhombic leaves and pendulous capsules. 1846Lindley Veg. Kingd. 281 Similar colours are found..in some Crotons. 1847Youatt Horse xiv. 305 The only purgative on which dependence can be placed is the croton.
2. By florists applied to Codiæum pictum, a plant closely allied to the Crotons, cultivated in hot-houses for its beautiful foliage.
1881Daily News 29 June 2/7 Crotons, gloxinias, maidenhair, Dracænas, and pitcher plants. 1882Garden 11 Mar. 167/3 Suitable time..for cutting back and striking Crotons.
3. croton oil, a fatty oil existing in the seeds of the East Indian species, Croton Tiglium; it is a drastic purgative; croton chloral or c. c. hydrate, a name of butyl chloral hydrate, given in error.
1831J. Davies Manual Mat. Med. 363 Croton Oil. 1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 475 Croton oil is probably the most available of the cathartics. 1876Harley Mat. Med. 346 Croton-chloral Hydrate was first obtained by Kramer and Pinner. 1881B. W. Richardson in Med. Temp. Jrnl. Jan. 79 Croton chloral combined with quinine. |