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croton oil
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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.
[1913 Webster]
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 oil
(wn) | croton oil
n 1: viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton
tiglium having a violent cathartic action |
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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.
[1913 Webster]
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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