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Cruciferous

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Adjective

HYPHEN

cru=cif=er=ous

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective Cruciferous has 1 sense

cruciferous(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae; Array

Derived form noun

cruciferae₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Cruciferous, a. [L. crux, crucis, cross + -ferous: cf. F. crucif.].

Bearing a cross. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Cruciferous, adj. Bot. of the family Cruciferae, having flowers with four petals arranged in a cross.

Etymology

LL crucifer (as CRUCIAL, -FEROUS)

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