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Croton Oil

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Noun

1. croton oil

viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Croton Oil

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noun
a yellowish-brown oil obtained from the plant Croton tiglium, formerly used as a drastic purgative
See also croton (sense 1)

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Croton Oil

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a thick, bitter oil obtained from croton seeds: it is used as a counterirritant and, rarely, as a strong cathartic

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Croton Oil

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n.
A brownish-yellow, acrid-smelling oil obtained from the seeds of a tropical Asian shrub or small tree (Croton tiglium) and formerly used as a purgative.

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