<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus <em>Croton</em>, of the spurge family, several species of which, as <em>C. tiglium</em>, have important medicinal properties.</li><li>(Among florists) Any plant of the related genus <em>Codiaeum</em> (or <em>Phyllaurea</em>) cultivated for its ornamental foliage.</li></ul>