单词 | croton |
释义 | Crotonn. 1. Botany. A large genus of euphorbiaceous plants, mostly natives of tropical regions, many of the species of which have important medical properties. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Euphorbiaceae (spurges and allies) > [noun] > Croton genus Croton1751 1751 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. II. 612 The herbaceous Croton with rhombic leaves and pendulous capsules. 1831 W. Youatt Horse xi. 211 The only other purgative on which dependence can be placed is the croton. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 281 Similar colours are found..in some Crotons. 2. By florists applied to Codiæum pictum, a plant closely allied to the Crotons, cultivated in hot-houses for its beautiful foliage. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > croton or codiaeum codiaeum1810 Croton1881 1881 Daily News 29 June 2/7 Crotons, gloxinias, maidenhair, Dracænas, and pitcher plants. 1882 Garden 11 Mar. 167/3 Suitable time..for cutting back and striking Crotons. Compounds croton oil n. a fatty oil existing in the seeds of the East Indian species, Croton Tiglium; it is a drastic purgative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative > plant-derived scammonyc1000 lign-aloesc1374 hiera picra1379 rhubarbc1390 aloea1398 cassia fistulaa1398 coloquintidaa1398 senec1400 turpethc1400 coloquintc1420 diagrydium1436 lignum aloes1525 rhabarbarum1533 xylaloes1540 manna1541 scilla1548 hyera?1550 emblic1555 diasenna1562 colocynth1565 tragonce1575 pinyon1577 mechoacan1587 lignum aquilae1600 gamboge1615 dragon-root1621 helleborism1621 diaprune1625 alhandal1630 makinboy1652 luskard1653 diagrydiate1657 physic nut1657 aloetic1661 scammoniate1665 jalap1675 aloedary1683 coloquinto1683 Briançon manna1688 liquorice powder1712 coloquintid1732 castor oil1746 senna-tea1752 higry pigry1773 Turkey rhubarb1789 argel1803 hickery-pickery1816 cathartin1823 aloin1828 croton oil1829 jalapin1832 syrmaea1833 bryonin1836 gambogic acid1837 Podophyllum1844 podophyllin1851 geropiga1852 hicra picra1857 Montpellier turpeth1860 picra1860 tallicoona oil1866 scammonin1868 pharbitisin1873 cascara sagrada1879 senna-draught1879 tambor-oil1890 syrup of figs1897 pharbitin1899 1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica x. 396 Croton Oil. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 475 Croton oil is probably the most available of the cathartics. croton chloral n. (also croton chloral hydrate) a name of butyl chloral hydrate, given in error. ΚΠ 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 346 Croton-chloral Hydrate was first obtained by Kramer and Pinner. 1881 B. W. Richardson in Med. Temp. Jrnl. Jan. 79 Croton chloral combined with quinine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1751 |
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