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CROTON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil
Synonyms:
croton; Croton tiglium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("croton" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Meronyms (substance of "croton"):
croton oil (viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "croton"):
cascarilla; Croton eluteria (West Indian shrub with aromatic bark)
Holonyms ("croton" is a member of...):
genus Croton (tropical shrubs and herbs; source of croton oil)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant
Synonyms:
Codiaeum variegatum; croton
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("croton" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("croton" is a member of...):
Codiaeum; genus Codiaeum (evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful leathery leaves; Malaya and Pacific islands)
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