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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:

Nouns denoting plants

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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