Usually means: Strong, purgative oil from seeds.
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  1. croton oil: Merriam-Webster
  2. croton oil: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. croton oil: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. croton oil: Collins English Dictionary
  5. croton oil: Vocabulary.com
  6. croton oil: Wordnik
  7. croton oil: Wiktionary
  8. croton oil: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. croton oil: Dictionary.com
  10. Croton oil: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  12. croton oil: FreeDictionary.org
  13. croton oil: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. croton oil: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. croton oil: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  5. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  6. croton oil: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (croton oil)

▸ noun:  A dark yellow, acrid oil, obtained from the seeds of plants of the genus Croton, once used as a drastic purgative.

Similar:
crotonine, crotonylene, crotonic acid, crotonate, crotonyl, crotonamide, creasote, crotonaldehyde, kreosote, creosote, more...

Opposite:
antidote, counteragent, remedy, antitoxin

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Similar:
crotonine, crotonylene, crotonic acid, crotonate, crotonyl, crotonamide, creasote, crotonaldehyde, kreosote, creosote, more...

Opposite:
antidote, counteragent, remedy, antitoxin



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