Definition of crotons Crotons
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What does crotons mean?
Wiktionary 
- crotons (Noun)
Plural of croton.
Part of speech
ð€- crotons, noun, plural of croton.
WordNet
NounPlural: crotons |
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| croton - tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil | ||
| Croton tiglium | ||
| shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
| genus croton tropical shrubs and herbs; source of croton oil | ||
| croton oil viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action | ||
| croton - grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant | ||
| Codiaeum variegatum | ||
| shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
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Wiktionary
- croton (Noun)
Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil . - croton (Noun)
A tropical evergreen shrub, , having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant. - croton (Noun)
The main water supply pipe to a building or apartment, from the New Croton River , dams, reservoirs and aqueduct supplying New York City with water.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary ð
- croton (n.)
A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary ð
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croton
krÅâ²ton, n. a genus of tropical plants, producing a brownish-yellow oil, having a hot, biting taste.âns. CrÅâ²tonate, a salt formed by the union of crotonic acid with a base; CrÅâ²ton-oil, a powerful purgative oil, expressed from the seeds of the Croton tiglium, also used externally.âCrotonâ²ic acid, an acid obtained from croton-oil. [Gr. krotÅn, a tick or mite, which the seed of the plant resembles.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer ð¥
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croton
One of the most celebrated of the Greek colonies in Southern Italy, founded about 710 B.C. About 510 a Crotoniat army of 100,000 men, under Milo, defeated a greatly superior force of Sybarites on the banks of the Tracis, took the city of Sybaris, and utterly destroyed it. (See SYBARIS.) In the second Punic war the Bruttians, with the assistance of the Carthaginian general Hanno, succeeded in making themselves masters of the city of Crotona, with the exception of the citadel, which held out until induced to surrender on terms. The ravages of this war completed the decay of the city, and it sunk into the condition of an obscure provincial town.
Part of speech
ð€- croton, noun, singular of crotons.
