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GENUS CROTON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Croton mean?
• GENUS CROTON (noun)
The noun GENUS CROTON has 1 sense:
1. tropical shrubs and herbs; source of croton oil
Familiarity information: GENUS CROTON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical shrubs and herbs; source of croton oil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Croton" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Croton"):
croton; Croton tiglium (tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil)
cascarilla; Croton eluteria (West Indian shrub with aromatic bark)
Holonyms ("genus Croton" is a member of...):
Euphorbiaceae; family Euphorbiaceae; spurge family (a family of plants of order Geraniales)
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