Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

croton oil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: cro-ton oil
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

croton oils (plural)

Questions

What does croton oil mean?: A dark yellow, acrid oil, obtained from the seeds of plants of the genus Croton, once used as a drastic purgative.

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