croton

Noun
  1. Grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage;
    Widely cultivated as a houseplant (synset 112944412)
    is a type of: bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
    belongs to: codiaeum, genus codiaeum - evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful leathery leaves; Malaya and Pacific islands
    same as: codiaeum variegatum
  2. Tropical Asiatic shrub;
    Source of croton oil (synset 112943523)
    is a type of: bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
    subtypes: cascarilla, croton eluteria - West Indian shrub with aromatic bark
    belongs to: genus croton - tropical shrubs and herbs; source of croton oil
    substance holonym: croton oil - viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action
    same as: croton tiglium

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