Also 8 tilli, tyle. [app. a. F. tilli, ad. med.L. tiglium, in It. tiglia: cf. TIGLIC.] In tilly-seed, the seed of a species of Croton (formerly called C. Pavana, now identified with C. Tiglium), which yields Croton oil.
1712. trans. Pomet’s Hist. Drugs, I. 144. The smooth Fruit call’d in the Shops, Tyle Seed, or Tilli-Berries [orig. Ricinus arbre à fruit lisse, nommé grain de Tilli].
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Tilly-seed, a small tree, the Croton Pavana of Hamilton,… the seeds of which have the same properties as those of the Croton Tiglium.
