It is common aboard ships, and in houses in cities, esp. in those
with hot-water pipes.
Cro*ton"ic (kr?-t?n"?k), a. Of
or pertaining to, or derived from, a plant of the genus
Croton, or from croton oil.
Crotonic acid (Chem.),
a white
crystalline organic acid,
C3H5.CO2H, of the ethylene, or
acrylic acid series. It was so named because formerly supposed to
exist in croton oil. Also, any acid metameric with crotonic acid
proper.&fist; The acid characteristic of croton oil is tiglic
or tiglinic acid, a derivative of crotonic
acid.
Cro"ton*ine (kr?"t?n-?n), n.
(Chem.) A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil
by boiling it with water and magnesia, since found to be merely a
magnesia soap of the oil. Watts.
Cro*ton"y*lene (kr?-t?n"?-l?n), n.
[Crotonic + acet-ylene.] (Chem.) A
colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6,
produced artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon
of the acetylene series, and analogous to crotonic
acid.
Crot"tles (kr?t"t'lz), n. pl.
[Gael. crotal.
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