croton
English Thesaurus
1. tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | bush, shrub, |
| definition | : | a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus croton, |
| definition | : | tropical shrubs and herbs; source of croton oil (noun.plant) |
| substance holonym | : | croton oil, |
| definition | : | viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action (noun.plant) |
2. grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | bush, shrub, |
| definition | : | a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | codiaeum, genus codiaeum, |
| definition | : | evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful leathery leaves; Malaya and Pacific islands (noun.plant) |
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