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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.
[L., a cross, and to bear.] Bearing the cross.

Definition 2024


cruciferous

cruciferous

English

Adjective

cruciferous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Of, or relating to the crucifer plants or products from these plants; of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
  2. Bearing a cross.

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