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Croton Common

Croton has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant

2

tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil

3

Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil.

Proper Noun
1

A river in southern New York.

See Also
houseplant croton oil isobutyric acid rushfoil evergreen crotons hogwort plant
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
shrub
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
cascarilla
Rhyming Words
ton eton ston niton piton anton riton luton jeton myton eaton seton axton upton eston orton auton moton baton acton
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