Croton

[krәutәn]

解释:

(noun.) tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil.

(noun.) grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant.

录入:玛丽--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries.

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解释:

n. a genus of tropical plants producing a brownish-yellow oil having a hot biting taste.—ns. Crō′tonate a salt formed by the union of crotonic acid with a base; Crō′ton-oil a powerful purgative oil expressed from the seeds of the Croton tiglium also used externally.—Croton′ic acid an acid obtained from croton-oil.

校对:米里亚姆