(noun) The school apparently founded by Pythagoras at Croton in southern Italy seems to have been primarily a religious brotherhood centered around Pythagoras and the cults of Apollo and of the Muses, ancient patron goddesses of poetry and culture.

A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries.

tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil

grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant

A gem which exhibits a multi-colored sheen