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2 definitions found 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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