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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vegetable oil expressed from the seeds of the Croton Tiglium. See
Croton .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A dark yellow,
acrid oil, obtained from theseeds of plants of the genusCroton , once used as a drasticpurgative .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action
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