2) croton, in botany. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...croton, in botany, (kroŽtn) (KEY) , any of several species of Codiaeum that are widely cultivated as ornamentals and houseplants. The most popular species is C. variegatum,...

3) Croton bug. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Croton bug, see cockroach....

4) Crotona. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Crotona, (krotoŽn) (KEY) or Croton (kroŽtn) (KEY) , ancient city, S Italy, on the east coast of Bruttium (now Calabria), a colony of Magna Graecia founded c.708 B.C....

5) Croton, ancient city of Italy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Croton, ancient city of Italy, Italy: see Crotona....

6) Biddle, George. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...and writer on art, b. Philadelphia. After studying abroad Biddle settled in the 1930s in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., where he devoted himself to paintings of social import....

7) Katonah. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Westchester co., SE N.Y., N of New York City. Katohah lies on a reservoir that is part of the Croton River system. The John Jay Homestead State Historic Site is located...

8) Ossining. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Maryknoll, headquarters of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society, is nearby. Part of the Old Croton Aqueduct is open to visitors....

9) Ruggles, Samuel Bulkley. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...out of Gramercy Park, for which he gave the land, and Union Square. Ruggles promoted the new Croton water system for the city and other improvements and served as...

10) New York Public Library. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Trust. In 1897 New York City agreed to build and equip a central building on the site of the Croton reservoir on Fifth Ave. between 40th and 42d St. The building,...