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Webster 1913 Edition
Cruciferous
Cru-cif′er-ous
(krụ-s?f′?r-?s)
, Adj.
[L.
crux
, crucis
, cross + -ferous
: cf. F. crucifère
.] 1.
Bearing a cross.
2.
(Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants which have four petals arranged like the arms of a cross, as the mustard, radish, turnip, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cruciferous
CRUCIFEROUS
,Adj.