Croton
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Croton may refer to:
In Europe:
- Crotone, a city in Calabria, Italy
- Crotone Airport, an airport serving the above city
- F.C. Crotone, a football club based in the above city
- Province of Crotone, a province in the Calabria region of Italy
- Milo of Croton, a famous Greek athlete in Antiquity
- Alcmaeon of Croton, an Ancient Greek philosopher and medical theorist
- Astylos of Croton, an athlete from ancient Greece
- Battle of Crotona, 204 BC
In the United States:
- Croton Aqueduct, a water distribution system constructed for New York City
- Croton Falls Reservoir, a reservoir in Putnam County, New York
- New Croton Reservoir, a reservoir in Westchester County, New York
- New Croton Dam, the dam creating the above reservoir
- Croton River, a tributary of the Hudson River in New York
- Croton-on-Hudson, New York, a village in Westchester County, New York
- Croton Point, a Westchester County park in the above village
- Croton Expressway, a freeway in Westchester County, New York
- Croton-Harmon (Metro-North station), a railroad station in Westchester County, New York
- Croton Township, Michigan, a township in Newaygo County
In plants:
- Croton (genus), a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae
- Crotoneae, a tribe of the subfamily Crotonoideae
- Codiaeum variegatum, a plant commonly called a "Croton"
- Hong Kong croton, (Croton hancei), an endemic species of croton to Hong Kong
- Croton oil, (Crotonis Oleum), an oil prepared from the seeds of Croton Tiglium
- False croton, a group of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae
- Hogwort, (Croton capitatus), also known as the woolly croton
Other:
- Crotonic acid
- German cockroach, known as the Croton bug (Blattella germanica)
- Crotonaldehyde, or 2-butenal, an unsaturated aldehyde