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noun
A dark yellow, acrid oil, obtained from the seeds of plants of the genus Croton, once used as a drastic purgative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: oil
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