CROTON OIL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

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