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Croton oil

noun
1.
Viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action.





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"Croton oil" Quotes from Famous Books



... at all," Eliza said in a matter-of-fact tone; "it was croton oil. Nobody has dared tell him the truth. He still believes he ...
— The Iron Trail • Rex Beach
... of the family Euphorbiaceae, from the Indian Archipelago, which produces the seeds from whence croton oil is extracted. It is a very powerful medicine, and even in pressing the seeds for the purpose of extracting the oil, the workmen are subject to irritation of the ...
— Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture • William Saunders


Words linked to "Croton oil" :   croton, Croton tiglium, oil


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