croton


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Synonyms for croton

grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage

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Release date- 20082019 - Consumers Energy announced the emergency public warning siren systems near its Rogers, Hardy and Croton hydroelectric generating plants on the Muskegon River will be tested on Wednesday, August 28 at approximately 9:30 a.m.
As most Euphorbiaceae, Croton species may contain latex, which is red-colored in some species (Dragon's blood), a characteristic which is usually associated with medicinal properties (Gupta et al., 2008; Biscaro et al., 2013; Jura-Morawiec and Tulik, 2016).
A year later, Foote outdid Rogers with the grand opening of the Croton Dam, 16 miles downriver on the Muskegon.
Cold (22[degrees]C) pressing of individual weighed seeds from the Croton nuts (usually holding three seeds) was accomplished after manually removing and weighing the calyx, shell (ovary), and seed coat (testa).
Chemical composition, healing activity and toxicity of Croton lechleri latex
Summary: Once viewed as worthless, the humble croton nut of East Africa has proven to be a valuable source of biofuel, fertiliser and even chicken feed.
The seeds of Croton tiglium were purchased from Chonnam Seangyack Nongob, Hwasun-gun, in April 2011, Republic of Korea.
Co-author Associate Professor Darren Croton from Swinburne University of Technology also said the predictions would be used to help scientists refine how to handle the large quantity of data ASKAP will produce and test theories of galaxy formation.