CROTON OIL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does croton oil mean? 

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

1. viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROTON OIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("croton oil" is a kind of...):

oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)

Holonyms ("croton oil" is a substance of...):

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

 Context examples 

Polycyclic compound isolated from croton oil in which two hydroxyl groups on neighboring carbon atoms are esterified to fatty acids.

(Phorbol Ester, NCI Thesaurus)

Croton oil is a possible human carcinogen.

(Croton Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Croton oil was used as a drastic purgative agent, but is now mostly used as a standard irritant in pharmacological research.

(Croton Oil, NCI Thesaurus)