Crotonn.
/ˈkrəʊtən/ 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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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.
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