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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Croton \Cro"ton\ (kr?"t?n), n. [Gr. ????, prop., a tick, which
   the seed of the croton resembles.] (Bot.)
   A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical
   countries.

   {Croton oil} (Med.), a viscid, acrid, brownish yellow oil
      obtained from the seeds of {Croton Tiglium}, a small tree
      of the East Indies. It is a most powerful drastic
      cathartic, and is used externally as a pustulant.

资料来源 : WordNet®

croton
     n 1: grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage;
          widely cultivated as a houseplant [syn: {Codiaeum
          variegatum}]
     2: tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil [syn: {Croton
        tiglium}]