1. Grown in many varieties for their brightly coloured foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant
   "The croton's vibrant red and yellow leaves brightened the windowsill";
   - Codiaeum variegatum
    
2. Tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil
   "Traditional healers used croton oil as a powerful purgative";
   - Croton tiglium

Derived forms: crotons

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: Codiaeum, genus Codiaeum, genus Croton

Encyclopedia: Croton, New Jersey