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n. Any of various plants of the genus Croton, which includes the sources of cascarilla bark and croton oil.

n. An Old World tropical evergreen shrub (Codiaeum variegatum) widely cultivated as a houseplant for its glossy multicolored foliage.

n. Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil.

n. A tropical evergreen shrub, Codiaeum variegatum, having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant.

n. The main water supply pipe to a building or apartment, from the Croton River, dams, reservoirs and aqueduct supplying New York City with water.

"The croton is a preferred victim, but it also attacks guava, strangler fig, Mysore fig, mango, firebush, wild coffee, marlberry and satinwood."

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