Croton

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κροτών (krotṓn, “tick”), from the size and shape of the seed.

Croton m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – many Asiatic shrubs, the source of croton oil.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids, COM clade – clades; Malpighiales – order; Euphorbiaceae – family; Crotonoideae - subfamily; Crotoneae - tribe

• (genus): Croton tiglium (purging croton) - type species; for other species see List of Croton species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Croton (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Croton on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Croton on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Croton at USDA Plants database

The river takes its name from the (Mohegan-Pequot) name of the chief of the group which lived along it. (It was formerly named after the group itself, the Kitchawan subdivision of the Mohegan.)^[1] The river feeds the Croton Reservoir in Croton-on-Hudson, which feeds the Croton Aqueduct, which supplies water to New York City, hence the metonymic sense.

Early spellings of the name include Scroton.^[2]

Croton

1. A river in southern New York.
2. Short for Croton-on-Hudson, a village in southern New York located along the Croton and Hudson rivers.
3. (dated) The water supply of New York City. [from 1840]
   • 1869, “Annual report of the Department of Public Charities of the City of New York”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], page 178:

     The pumps now draw water from this tank, instead of from the "Croton main" as formerly.

   • 1891, Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects‎^[2], page 364:

     The water, supplied from the "Croton" main at the 68th Street side of the building, is connected by two pipes: one for direct service, and the other to supply a hot-air engine, which forces the water to the tank at the top of the house for a high or indirect service.

   • 1895 June 29, “THE POOR WATER SUPPLY; Business Men Alarmed by The New-York Times Exposures”, in New York Times:

     New York Cotton Exchange - A pressure of about 14 pounds from the Croton main

• Croton bug (cockroach)

Borrowed from Latin Croton

Croton

1. (classical history) Crotone

• Corton, contro-, corton

• Crotōna

From Ancient Greek Κρότων (Krótōn).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.toːn/, [ˈkrɔt̪oːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.ton/, [ˈkrɔːt̪on]

Crotōn f sg (genitive Crotōnis); third declension

1. Crotone (a city in Italy)

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Crotōniensis
• Crotōniātēs

• “Croton”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Croton in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.