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adj
Of or relating to the crucifer plants or products from these plants; of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: noncruciferous
adj
Bearing a cross.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Late Latin crucifer (“cross-bearing”) + -ous. By surface analysis, crucifer + -ous.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
