Crotons

Word CROTONS
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Definitions and meanings of "Crotons"

What do we mean by crotons?

Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil.

A tropical evergreen shrub, Codiaeum variegatum, having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant.

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The word "crotons" in example sentences

As unconventional a garden as the woman who planted and watered and weeded and nurtured it, Martha's refuge was a study in contrast: cool-colored blue and violet hydrangea, with large dark, heart-shaped leaves, were juxtaposed with hot-hued, variegated, polychromed, spotted or striated, exotic foliage plants called crotons, which are native to Haiti. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Enrich the soil with compost and peat moss, and fertilize crotons three times a year. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Snowflakes on the Bank of America building; holiday-hued crotons. ❋ Liz Donovan (2002)

Chinese rose, bilious-green crotons, feathery fronds of tamarind. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The pine trees, the royal palms, the tulip trees, the avocados, the wild plum, the crotons, the house and the horses. ❋ Michener, James (1959)

We wandered with pleasure down broad walks, shaded by cabbage palms and palmettos, mahogany and tamarind trees; we admired the fountain and varied foliage and blazing flower-beds, streaked and splashed with many brilliant blossoms and bright-leaved crotons. ❋ Various (N/A)

Scattered among the trees is a host of flowering vines, of huge crotons with variegated leaves, giant gardenias and tropical lilies. ❋ Ben Macomber (N/A)

The house is surrounded with crotons and other brilliant plants, beyond which is a rose garden, the special pride of the planter's wife. ❋ Brandon Head (N/A)

Gold mohur and red poinsettia blaze with fiery splendour, and huge crotons, with velvety leaves of pink, violet, and chocolate, grow to the height of forest trees. ❋ Emily Richings (N/A)

"You must have some tea immediately," Arnold said, before the battered urns and the dusty crotons of her dwelling. ❋ Sara Jeannette Duncan (N/A)

She observed with irritation that it was a down-at-heels shrine for such a divinity, in spite of its six dusty crotons in crumbling plaster urns, but the irritation was rather at her own repulsion to the place than at any inconsistency it presented. ❋ Sara Jeannette Duncan (N/A)

Colour is given to this fringe by the magenta bougainvillea, the red hibiscus, the pale blue convolvulus, the variegated crotons, and the orange and red of the lantana, and at places the poinsettia provides a predominating red head to the hedge-like greenery. ❋ Thomas H. Reid (N/A)

A large oval bed of brilliant crotons on one side of the garden, and another foliage bed that formed the base of a pyramidal vase on the other side, were especially admired. ❋ Ellen Mary Hayes Peck (N/A)

Ata's father had planted crotons round his property, and they grew in coloured profusion, gay and brilliant; they fenced the land with flame. ❋ Unknown (1919)

Small crotons are often selected, preferably those that do not bear a score of leaves. ❋ Douglas Dewar (1916)

The crotons make good window-garden subjects, although they are very liable to the attack of the mealy bug. ❋ Unknown (1906)

"Just ourselves?" she said, looking at the crotons in the great hall. ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

Ohe, bhisti! 'he called to the water-carrier, sluicing the crotons by the Museum. ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

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