any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
any plant of the related genus Codiaeum cultivated for its ornamental foliage.
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Pierre Van Cortlandt, a distinguished revolutionary patriot, died at his seat at Croton river, aged 94.
Croton quadripartitum, Labill., was observed in longitude 148 degrees.
We shall starve to death—like Croton water-bugs caught in a diamond casket, said Flick, who had a taste for poetical flights.
He made no further attempt in that direction, and Washington retreated to a good position behind Croton river.
Washington had been drawn down thither, and Lee, whom he left at the Croton, failed to support him.