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| cro·ton [ krṓt'n ] (plural cro·ton or cro·tons) |
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1. tropical plant: a bush or tree of the spurge family, some types of which are noted for their medicinal properties. Native to: tropics. Genus Croton.
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2. tropical evergreen plant: an evergreen plant grown for its leathery variegated foliage. Native to: tropics. Latin name Codiaeum variegatum.
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| [Mid-18th century. Via modern Latin< Greek krotōn "sheep-tick"; from the shape of its seeds (sense 1)] |
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