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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cruciferous \Cru*cif"er*ous\ (kr?-s?f"?r-?s), a. [L. crux,
crucis, cross + -ferous: cf F. crucif?re.]
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
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cruciferous
adj : (botany) of or relating to or belonging to the plant family
Cruciferae
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