Croton tiglium
    n 1: tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil [syn:
         croton, Croton tiglium]

Tiglic \Tig"lic\, a. (Chem.)
   Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7CO2H
   (called also methyl crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic
   acid, and obtained from croton oil (from Croton Tiglium) as
   a white crystalline substance.
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Tilley \Til"ley\, n., or Tilley seed \Til"ley seed`\ (Bot.)
   The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the
   Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those
   of Croton Tiglium. [Written also tilly.]
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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.
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   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.
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