croton

noun2

1. •
   Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil.
2. •
   A tropical evergreen shrub (Codiaeum variegatum), having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant.

   • The croton bushes, by day hideous things like jaundiced laurels, were changed by the moon into jagged black and white designs like fantastic wood-cuts. — 1934