Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil. / A tropical evergreen shrub, Codiaeum variegatum, having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant.

A town and associated province of Calabria, Italy.

plural of croton

A river in southern New York. / (dated) The water supply of New York City.

(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of crotonic acid

plural of crotonate

Of or pertaining to crotonic acid or its derivatives.

(organic chemistry) An unsaturated organic acid, trans-CH₃-CH=CH-COOH, found in croton oil and having many industrial uses; the cis- form is isocrotonic acid.

Blattella germanica; German cockroach. See cockroach

plural of Croton bug