CROTON

Croton

Croton is an extensive flowering plant genus in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, established by Carl Linnaeus in 1737. The plants of this genus were described and introduced to Europeans by Georg Eberhard Rumphius. The common names for this genus are rushfoil and croton, but the latter also refers to Codiaeum variegatum. The generic name comes from the Greek, which means "tick" and refers to the shape of the seeds of certain species.

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croton

Noun

  1. Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil.
  2. A tropical evergreen shrub, , having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant.


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