n :  a viscid acrid fixed oil from an Asian plant of the genus Croton (C. tiglium) that was formerly used as a drastic cathartic but is now used esp. in pharmacological experiments as an irritant .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  cro·ton·o·yl  cro·to·nyl 
 
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