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CROTON OIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("croton oil" is a kind of...):
oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)
Holonyms ("croton oil" is a substance of...):
croton; Croton tiglium (tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil)