'Croton Tiglium' definitions:
Definition of 'Croton tiglium'
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noun
Tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil [syn: croton, Croton tiglium]
Definition of 'Croton Tiglium'
From: GCIDE
- Tiglic \Tig"lic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7CO2H (called also methyl crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic acid, and obtained from croton oil (from Croton Tiglium) as a white crystalline substance. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Croton Tiglium'
From: GCIDE
- Tilley \Til"ley\, n., or Tilley seed \Til"ley seed`\ (Bot.) The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium. [Written also tilly.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Croton Tiglium'
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]