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单词 croton
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cro•ton  (krōt′n),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
  2. Plant Biology(among florists) any plant of the related genus Codiaeum (or Phyllaurea) cultivated for its ornamental foliage.
  • Greek krotó̄n a tick, also the castor-oil plant, which has berries likened to ticks
  • Neo-Latin
  • 1745–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
croton /ˈkrəʊtən/ n
  1. any shrub or tree of the chiefly tropical euphorbiaceous genus Croton, esp C. tiglium, the seeds of which yield croton oil
  2. any of various tropical plants of the related genus Codiaeum, esp C. variegatum pictum, a house plant with variegated foliage
Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin, from Greek krotōn tick, castor-oil plant (whose berries resemble ticks)
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