croton

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɹəʊtən/    美 /ˈkɹoʊt(ə)n/|[ˈkɹoʊ̯ʔn̩]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil.
  2. A tropical evergreen shrub (Codiaeum variegatum), having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant.
    — The croton bushes, by day hideous things like jaundiced laurels, were changed by the moon into jagged black and white designs like fantastic wood-cuts.

词形变化

crotons plural

词汇关系

衍生词
crotonaldehyde crotonic crotonine

词源

From New Latin crotōn, from Ancient Greek κροτών (krotṓn, “tick”), from the size and shape of the seed.
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