Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Croton
Cro′ton
(kr?′t?n)
, Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], prop., a tick, which the seed of the croton resembles.]
(Bot.)
A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries.
Croton oil
(Med.)
, a viscid, acrid, brownish yellow oil obtained from the seeds of
Croton Tiglium
, a small tree of the East Indies. It is a most powerful drastic cathartic, and is used externally as a pustulant.Definition 2024
Croton
Croton
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek κροτών (krotṓn, “tick”), from the size and shape of the seed.
Proper noun
Croton m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – many Asiatic shrubs, the source of croton oil.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I, COM clade - clades; Malpighiales - order; Euphorbiaceae - family; Crotonoideae - subfamily; Crotoneae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Croton tiglium - type species; for other species see
List of Croton species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
English
A map of the Croton river's drainage basin.
Proper noun
Croton
- A river in southern New York.
- (dated) The water supply of New York City. [from 1840]
- 1869, “Annual report of the Department of Public Charities of the City of New York”, in (Please provide the title of the work), page 178:
- The pumps now draw water from this tank, instead of from the "Croton main" as formerly.
- 1891, Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects, page 364:
- The water, supplied from the "Croton" main at the 68th Street side of the building, is connected by two pipes: one for direct service, and the other to supply a hot-air engine, which forces the water to the tank at the top of the house for a high or indirect service.
- 1895 June 29, “THE POOR WATER SUPPLY; Business Men Alarmed by The New-York Times Exposures”, in New York Times:
- New York Cotton Exchange - A pressure of about 14 pounds from the Croton main
-
Derived terms
- Croton bug (cockroach)
References
- ↑ Native New Yorkers: The Legacy of the Algonquin People of New York
- ↑ Robert S. Grumet, Manhattan to Minisink: American Indian Place Names (2013, ISBN 0806189134) notes that the spelling Scroton is found in a 1696 document
Latin
Alternative forms
- Crotōna
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κρότων (Krótōn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkro.toːn/, [ˈkrɔ.toːn]
Proper noun
Crotōn f (genitive Crotōnis); third declension
- Crotone (city in Italy)
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Crotōn |
| genitive | Crotōnis |
| dative | Crotōnī |
| accusative | Crotōnem |
| ablative | Crotōne |
| vocative | Crotōn |
Derived terms
- Crotōniensis
References
- Croton in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Croton”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
croton
croton
English
Noun
croton (plural crotons)
- Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil.
- A tropical evergreen shrub, Codiaeum variegatum, having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant.
- 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 15,
- The croton bushes, by day hideous things like jaundiced laurels, were changed by the moon into jagged black and white designs like fantastic wood-cuts.
- 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 15,
Translations
plant of the genus Croton