'Croton oil' definitions:
Definition of 'croton oil'
(from WordNet)
noun
Viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action
Definition of 'Croton oil'
From: GCIDE
- Croton \Cro"ton\ (kr?"t?n), n. [Gr. ????, prop., a tick, which the seed of the croton resembles.] (Bot.) A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]