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croton
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Croton
(gcide) | Croton \Cro"ton\ (kr?"t?n), n. [Gr. ????, prop., a tick, which
the seed of the croton resembles.] (Bot.)
A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical
countries.
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Croton oil (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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croton
(wn) | croton
n 1: grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage;
widely cultivated as a houseplant [syn: croton, {Codiaeum
variegatum}]
2: tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil [syn: croton,
Croton tiglium] |
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croton
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croton bug
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croton oil
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crotonbug
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Croton bug
(gcide) | Croton bug \Cro"ton bug`\ (b[u^]g`). [From the Croton water of
New York.] (Zool.)
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; --
called also the German cockroach.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Cockroach \Cock"roach\, n. [Sp. cucaracha.] (Zool.)
An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied
genera.
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Note: The species are numerous, especially in hot countries.
Those most commonly infesting houses in Europe and
North America are Blatta orientalis, a large species
often called black beetle, and the Croton bug
(Blatta Germanica, formerly Ectobia Germanica),
also called the German cockroach.
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Croton Draco
(gcide) | Lac \Lac\, n. [Per. lak; akin to Skr. l[=a]ksh[=a]: cf. F.
lague, It. & NL. lacca. Cf. Lake a color, Lacquer,
Litmus.]
A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but
to some extent on other trees, by the Laccifer lacca
(formerly Coccus lacca), a scale-shaped insect, the female
of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the
margin of her body this resinous substance.
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Note: Stick-lac is the substance in its natural state,
incrusting small twigs. When broken off, and the
coloring matter partly removed, the granular residuum
is called seed-lac. When melted, and reduced to a
thin crust, it is called shell-lac or shellac. Lac
is an important ingredient in sealing wax, dyes,
varnishes, and lacquers.
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Ceylon lac, a resinous exudation of the tree {Croton
lacciferum}, resembling lac.
Lac dye, a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac.
Lac lake, the coloring matter of lac dye when precipitated
from its solutions by alum.
Mexican lac, an exudation of the tree Croton Draco.
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Croton Eleutheria
(gcide) | Cascarilla \Cas`ca*ril"la\, n. [Sp., small thin bark, Peruvian
bark, dim. of c['a]scara bark.] (Bot.)
A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria);
also, its aromatic bark.
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Cascarilla bark (or Cascarilla) (Med.), the bark of
Croton Eleutheria. It has an aromatic odor and a warm,
spicy, bitter taste, and when burnt emits a musky odor. It
is used as a gentle tonic, and sometimes, for the sake of
its fragrance, mixed with smoking tobacco, when it is said
to occasion vertigo and intoxication.
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Croton lacciferum
(gcide) | Lac \Lac\, n. [Per. lak; akin to Skr. l[=a]ksh[=a]: cf. F.
lague, It. & NL. lacca. Cf. Lake a color, Lacquer,
Litmus.]
A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but
to some extent on other trees, by the Laccifer lacca
(formerly Coccus lacca), a scale-shaped insect, the female
of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the
margin of her body this resinous substance.
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Note: Stick-lac is the substance in its natural state,
incrusting small twigs. When broken off, and the
coloring matter partly removed, the granular residuum
is called seed-lac. When melted, and reduced to a
thin crust, it is called shell-lac or shellac. Lac
is an important ingredient in sealing wax, dyes,
varnishes, and lacquers.
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Ceylon lac, a resinous exudation of the tree {Croton
lacciferum}, resembling lac.
Lac dye, a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac.
Lac lake, the coloring matter of lac dye when precipitated
from its solutions by alum.
Mexican lac, an exudation of the tree Croton Draco.
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Croton Malambo
(gcide) | Malambo \Ma*lam"bo\, n. [Pg.]
A yellowish aromatic bark, used in medicine and perfumery,
said to be from the South American shrub Croton Malambo.
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Croton oil
(gcide) | Croton \Cro"ton\ (kr?"t?n), n. [Gr. ????, prop., a tick, which
the seed of the croton resembles.] (Bot.)
A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical
countries.
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Croton oil (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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Croton Pavana
(gcide) | Tilley \Til"ley\, n., or Tilley seed \Til"ley seed`\ (Bot.)
The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the
Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those
of Croton Tiglium. [Written also tilly.]
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Croton Tiglium
(gcide) | Tiglic \Tig"lic\, a. (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7CO2H
(called also methyl crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic
acid, and obtained from croton oil (from Croton Tiglium) as
a white crystalline substance.
[1913 Webster]Tilley \Til"ley\, n., or Tilley seed \Til"ley seed`\ (Bot.)
The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the
Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those
of Croton Tiglium. [Written also tilly.]
[1913 Webster]Croton \Cro"ton\ (kr?"t?n), n. [Gr. ????, prop., a tick, which
the seed of the croton resembles.] (Bot.)
A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical
countries.
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Croton oil (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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Crotonic
(gcide) | Crotonic \Cro*ton"ic\ (kr?-t?n"?k), a.
Of or pertaining to, or derived from, a plant of the genus
Croton, or from croton oil.
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Crotonic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline organic acid,
C3H5.CO2H, of the ethylene, or acrylic acid series. It
was so named because formerly supposed to exist in croton
oil. Also, any acid metameric with crotonic acid proper.
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Note: The acid characteristic of croton oil is tiglic or
tiglinic acid, a derivative of crotonic acid.
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Crotonic acid
(gcide) | Crotonic \Cro*ton"ic\ (kr?-t?n"?k), a.
Of or pertaining to, or derived from, a plant of the genus
Croton, or from croton oil.
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Crotonic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline organic acid,
C3H5.CO2H, of the ethylene, or acrylic acid series. It
was so named because formerly supposed to exist in croton
oil. Also, any acid metameric with crotonic acid proper.
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Note: The acid characteristic of croton oil is tiglic or
tiglinic acid, a derivative of crotonic acid.
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Crotonine
(gcide) | Crotonine \Cro"ton*ine\ (kr?"t?n-?n), n. (Chem.)
A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it
with water and magnesia, since found to be merely a magnesia
soap of the oil. --Watts.
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Crotonylene
(gcide) | Crotonylene \Cro*ton"y*lene\ (kr?-t?n"?-l?n), n. [Crotonic +
acet-ylene.] (Chem.)
A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6, produced
artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of
the acetylene series, and analogous to crotonic acid.
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Macrotone
(gcide) | Macrotone \Mac"ro*tone\, n. [Gr. ? stretched out. See Macro-,
and Tone.] (Pron.)
Same as Macron.
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croton
(wn) | croton
n 1: grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage;
widely cultivated as a houseplant [syn: croton, {Codiaeum
variegatum}]
2: tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil [syn: croton,
Croton tiglium] |
croton bug
(wn) | Croton bug
n 1: small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from
Europe; a common household pest [syn: German cockroach,
Croton bug, crotonbug, water bug, {Blattella
germanica}] |
croton eluteria
(wn) | Croton eluteria
n 1: West Indian shrub with aromatic bark [syn: cascarilla,
Croton eluteria] |
croton oil
(wn) | croton oil
n 1: viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton
tiglium having a violent cathartic action |
croton tiglium
(wn) | Croton tiglium
n 1: tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil [syn:
croton, Croton tiglium] |
crotonbug
(wn) | crotonbug
n 1: small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from
Europe; a common household pest [syn: German cockroach,
Croton bug, crotonbug, water bug, {Blattella
germanica}] |
genus croton
(wn) | genus Croton
n 1: tropical shrubs and herbs; source of croton oil |
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