- croton, Codiaeum variegatum - grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant
--1 is a kind of shrub, bush
--1 is a member of Codiaeum, genus Codiaeum - croton, Croton tiglium - tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil
--2 is a kind of shrub, bush
--2 is a member of genus Croton
--2 has substances: croton oil
--2 has particulars: cascarilla, Croton eluteria