Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tiglic \Tig"lic\, a. (Chem.)
   Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, {C4H7CO2H}
   (called also methyl crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic
   acid, and obtained from croton oil (from {Croton Tiglium}) as
   a white crystalline substance.

Tilley \Til"ley\, n., or Tilley seed \Til"ley seed`\ (Bot.)
   The seeds of a small tree ({Croton Pavana}) common in the
   Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those
   of {Croton Tiglium}. [Written also {tilly}.]

Croton \Cro"ton\ (kr?"t?n), n. [Gr. ????, prop., a tick, which
   the seed of the croton resembles.] (Bot.)
   A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical
   countries.

   {Croton oil} (Med.), a viscid, acrid, brownish yellow oil
      obtained from the seeds of {Croton Tiglium}, a small tree
      of the East Indies. It is a most powerful drastic
      cathartic, and is used externally as a pustulant.

Source : WordNet®

Croton tiglium
     n : tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil [syn: {croton}]