cróton
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɾɔ.tõ/
cróton is spelled C-R-Ó-T-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese, the 221,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cróton is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “croton (any plant of the genus Croton)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gênero botânico da família das Euphorbiaceae”.
What does cróton mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecroton (any plant of the genus Croton)
- 2
masculinegarden croton (Codiaeum variegatum)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gênero botânico da família das Euphorbiaceae
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cróton
- crótons Brazil plural
- crótones Portugal plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cróton?
- Brazil /ˈkɾɔ.tõ/
- Portugal /ˈkɾɔ.tɔn/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cróton in Portuguese?
cróton appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).