Found 2 items, similar to Croton oil.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: croton oil croton oil n : viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action
English → English (gcide) Definition: Croton oil Croton \Cro"ton\ (kr?"t?n), n. [Gr. ????, prop., a tick, which the seed of the croton resembles.] (Bot.) A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries. [1913 Webster] Croton oil (Med.), a viscid, acrid, brownish yellow oil obtained from the seeds of Croton Tiglium, a small tree of the East Indies. It is a most powerful drastic cathartic, and is used externally as a pustulant. [1913 Webster]