croton oil

noun

A dark yellow, acrid oil, obtained from the seeds of plants of the genus Croton, once used as a drastic purgative.

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Meanings

nouncroton oil (countable and uncountable, plural croton oils)

plural croton oils

  1. countableuncountableA dark yellow, acrid oil, obtained from the seeds of plants of the genus Croton, once used as a drastic purgative.
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