CROTON OIL


Meaning of CROTON OIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1827

: a viscid acrid fixed oil obtained from seeds of an Asian croton ( Croton tiglium ) formerly used as a powerful purgative but now used especially in pharmacological experiments as an irritant

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