Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various plants of the genus Croton, which includes the sources of cascarilla bark and croton oil.
- noun A closely related Old World tropical evergreen shrub (Codiaeum variegatum) widely cultivated as a houseplant for its glossy multicolored foliage.
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- noun Any of various
plants , of the genusCroton , that yieldcroton oil . - noun A
tropical evergreen shrub , Codiaeum variegatum, having glossy foliage, cultivated as ahouseplant . - noun New York City, historical The main water supply pipe to a building or apartment, from the Croton River, dams, reservoirs and aqueduct supplying New York City with water.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Popular in the Mexican garden, croton is usually a hedge or foundation plant.
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The croton is a preferred victim, but it also attacks guava, strangler fig, Mysore fig, mango, firebush, wild coffee, marlberry and satinwood.
SplicedFeed 2009
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Wintering doves usually concentrate on areas holding abundant native seeds such as croton, pigweed, ragweed, wild sunflower and any number of varieties of "grass."
chron.com Chronicle 2010
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Wintering doves usually concentrate on areas holding abundant native seeds such as croton, pigweed, ragweed, wild sunflower and any number of varieties of "grass."
chron.com Chronicle 2010
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They showed us a plant of the compositae order, twenty feet high (the Eupatorium laevigatum of Lamarck), the rose of Belveria, * celebrated for the brilliancy of its purple flowers, and the dragon’s-blood of this country, which is a kind of croton not yet described.
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Brownea racemosa.) celebrated for the brilliancy of its purple flowers, and the dragon's-blood of this country, which is a kind of croton not yet described.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Ponytail palm, croton and dwarf poinciana: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico by
Desert rose, dracaena and pothos: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico 2009
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Ponytail palm, croton and dwarf poinciana: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico by
Desert rose, dracaena and pothos: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico 2009
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Three beautiful options for your tropical garden in Mexico are the ponytail palm, croton and dwarf poinciana .... read more flora
Desert rose, dracaena and pothos: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico 2009
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Three beautiful options for your tropical garden in Mexico are the ponytail palm, croton and dwarf poinciana .... read more flora
Desert rose, dracaena and pothos: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico 2009
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