croton

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

croton
    n 1: grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage;
         widely cultivated as a houseplant [syn: {croton}, {Codiaeum
         variegatum}]
    2: tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil [syn: {croton},
       {Croton tiglium}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Croton \Cro"ton\ (kr?"t?n), n. [Gr. ????, prop., a tick, which
   the seed of the croton resembles.] (Bot.)
   A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical
   countries.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Croton oil} (Med.), a viscid, acrid, brownish yellow oil
      obtained from the seeds of {Croton Tiglium}, a small tree
      of the East Indies. It is a most powerful drastic
      cathartic, and is used externally as a pustulant.
      [1913 Webster]

from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Croton, OH
  Zip code(s): 43013