croton

See also: Croton, cròton, and crôton

English

Etymology

From New Latin crotōn, from Ancient Greek κροτών (krotṓn, “tick”), from the size and shape of the seed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹəʊtən/

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• (General American) enPR: krōtʹn, IPA^(key): /ˈkɹoʊt(ə)n/, [ˈkɹoʊ̯ʔn̩]
• Rhymes: -əʊtən

Noun

croton (plural crotons)

1. Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil.
2. A tropical evergreen shrub, Codiaeum variegatum, having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant.
   • 1934, George Orwell, chapter 15, in Burmese Days‎^[1]:

     The croton bushes, by day hideous things like jaundiced laurels, were changed by the moon into jagged black and white designs like fantastic wood-cuts.

Derived terms

• crotonaldehyde
• crotonic
• crotonine
• garden croton

 

Translations

plant of the genus Croton

• Catalan: cròton m
• Czech: kroton m
• Polish: krocień m

Codiaeum variegatum

• Catalan: cròton m
• French: croton (fr)
• Indonesian: puring (id)
• Javanese: puring (jv)
• Thai: โกสน (th) (goo-sǒn), โกรต๋น (th) (groo-dtǒn)
• Turkish: kroton

Anagrams

• Corton, contro-, corton