croton : Idioms & Phrases

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croton bug

  • noun small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest
    German cockroach; Blattella germanica; crotonbug; water bug.
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Cro"ton bug`
Etymology
From the Croton water of New York.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A small, active, winged species of cockroach (Ectobia Germanica), the water bug. It is common aboard ships, and in houses in cities, esp. in those with hot-water pipes.
Webster 1913

croton eluteria

  • noun West Indian shrub with aromatic bark
    cascarilla.
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Croton oil

  • noun viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action
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  • (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.
Webster 1913

croton tiglium

  • noun tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil
    croton.
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genus croton

  • noun tropical shrubs and herbs; source of croton oil
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