Croton oil Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action

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  1. (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.

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