CROTON ELUTERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Croton eluteria mean? 

• CROTON ELUTERIA (noun)
  The noun CROTON ELUTERIA has 1 sense:

1. West Indian shrub with aromatic bark

  Familiarity information: CROTON ELUTERIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROTON ELUTERIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

West Indian shrub with aromatic bark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cascarilla; Croton eluteria

Hypernyms ("Croton eluteria" is a kind of...):

croton; Croton tiglium (tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil)

Meronyms (parts of "Croton eluteria"):

cascarilla bark; eleuthera bark; sweetwood bark (aromatic bark of cascarilla; used as a tonic and for making incense)

Holonyms ("Croton eluteria" is a member of...):

genus Croton (tropical shrubs and herbs; source of croton oil)

 Context examples 

The oil extracted from the bark of Croton eluteria.

(Cascarilla Oil, NCI Thesaurus)