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单词 croton
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Crotonn.

/ˈkrəʊtən/
Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek κροτών a tick, also the Castor-oil plant Ricinus communis, taken in Botany as the name of an allied genus.
1. Botany. A large genus of euphorbiaceous plants, mostly natives of tropical regions, many of the species of which have important medical properties.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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