A river in southern New York. / (dated) The water supply of New York City.

A town and associated province of Calabria, Italy.

Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil. / A tropical evergreen shrub, Codiaeum variegatum, having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant.

plural of croton

plural of crotonate

Of or pertaining to crotonic acid or its derivatives.

(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of crotonic acid

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

(organic chemistry) An unsaturated organic acid, trans-CH₃-CH=CH-COOH, found in croton oil and having many industrial uses; the cis- form is isocrotonic acid.

Blattella germanica; German cockroach. See cockroach