cruciferous

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective cruciferous has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

cruciferousa. [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]

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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