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Meaning 1
A river in southern New York.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
croton
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊtən/
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General-American: krōtʹn
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General-American: /ˈkɹoʊt(ə)n/
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General-American: [ˈkɹoʊ̯ʔn̩]
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rhymes with -əʊtən
name
Meaning 2
Ellipsis of Croton-on-Hudson: a village in southern New York, USA, located along the Croton and Hudson rivers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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name
Meaning 3
The water supply of New York City.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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name
Meaning 4
Crotone
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: classical history
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noun
Meaning 5
Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil.
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noun
Meaning 6
A tropical evergreen shrub (Codiaeum variegatum), having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: fire croton, garden croton, variegated croton
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noun
Meaning 7
tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Croton tiglium
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
Narrower terms: cascarilla, Croton eluteria
noun
Meaning 8
grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Codiaeum variegatum
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
History
Etymology
The river takes its name from the (Mohegan-Pequot) name of the chief of the group which lived along it. (It was formerly named after the group itself, the Kitchawan subdivision of the Mohegan.) The river feeds the Croton Reservoir in Croton-on-Hudson, which feeds the Croton Aqueduct, which supplies water to New York City, hence the metonymic sense. Early spellings of the name include Scroton.
Borrowed from Latin Crotōn. Doublet of Crotone.
From New Latin crotōn, from Ancient Greek κροτών (krotṓn, “tick”), from the size and shape of the seed.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: cròton — plant of the genus Croton
- Czech: kroton — plant of the genus Croton
- Finnish: ihmepensas — plant of the genus Croton
- Polish: krocień — plant of the genus Croton
- Polish: kroton — plant of the genus Croton
- Russian: кро́тон (króton) — plant of the genus Croton
- Catalan: cròton — Codiaeum variegatum
- French: croton — Codiaeum variegatum
- Indonesian: puring — Codiaeum variegatum
- Javanese: puring — Codiaeum variegatum
- Polish: krocień pstry — Codiaeum variegatum
- Polish: kroton pstry — Codiaeum variegatum
- Thai: โกสน (goo-sǒn) — Codiaeum variegatum
- Thai: โกรต๋น (groo-dtǒn) — Codiaeum variegatum
- Turkish: kroton — Codiaeum variegatum
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