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croton oil

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

Noun

croton oil (countable and uncountable, plural croton oils)

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

croton oil meaning in Tamil

croton oil in Tamil

குரோட்டன் எண்ணெய்

Forms of croton oil

pluralcroton oils

Questions about croton oil

What does croton oil mean?
Croton oil means a dark yellow, acrid oil, obtained from the seeds of plants of the genus Croton, once used as a drastic purgative.
What is croton oil in Tamil?
Croton oil in Tamil is குரோட்டன் எண்ணெய். See Croton oil meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is croton oil?
Croton oil is a noun.
What is the plural of croton oil?
The plural of croton oil is croton oils.

Words near croton oil in the dictionary

  1. crotenoid
  2. crotetamide
  3. croton
  4. Croton bug
  5. Croton bugs
  6. croton oil
  7. croton oils
  8. Croton-on-Hudson
  9. crotonaldehyde
  10. crotonaldehydes
  11. crotonamide

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