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Definition of: croton
(krōt′n) noun
1. Any member of a genus (Croton) of widely dispersed trees and shrubs of the spurge family.
2. An ornamental tropical shrub (Codiaeum variegatum) grown for its foliage. [<NL <Gk. krotōn a tick; so called from the appearance of the seeds]
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