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Croton

noun

Grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant. Synonym: Codiaeum variegatum.

Tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil. Synonym: Croton tiglium.

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... any patient's nose has reached the requisite size, and the wound is healed, he inserts a large croton leaf [41] into the hole; he may then come out and return to his own house, retaining the croton leaf in his nose. He must next occupy himself in searching for a black non-poisonous snake about 12 or 18 inches long, which ...

— The Mafulu - Mountain People of British New Guinea • Robert W. Williamson

... they have lodged a stag, that all the race Outruns of Croton horse, or Rhegian hounds; A stag made long since royal in the chase, If kings can honour ...

— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan

... deposited in a little heap on one side of the jar, where many of them grew, making a pretty little green forest, which the ants soon cut down and destroyed. This chamber remained empty for three or four days, and was then again refilled with fresh millet and apple and croton seeds. ...

— Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 - of Popular Literature and Science • Various

Words linked to "Croton" : bush, shrub, Codiaeum, cascarilla, genus Codiaeum