cruciferous

[ kroo-sif-er-uhs ]

/ kruˈsɪf ər əs /

adjective

bearing a cross.

Botany. belonging to the family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae), the mustard family of plants; brassicaceous: Are you getting enough broccoli, cauliflower, and other cruciferous vegetables in your diet?

Origin of cruciferous

From Late Latin crucifer + -ous; def. 1 was first recorded in1650–60; def. 2 in 1850–55; see origin at crucifer, -ous

Words nearby cruciferous

cruciate ligament of knee, cruciate muscle, crucible, crucible steel, crucifer, cruciferous, crucifix, crucifixion, crucifixion thorn, cruciform, crucify

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Example sentences from the Web for cruciferous

Eight hundred fathoms broad at this point, the Niger flowed between banks richly grown with cruciferous plants and tamarind-trees.
Five Weeks in a Balloon|Jules Verne
The soil is clayey, and thinly bestrewed with alpine grass, intermingled with syngenesious and cruciferous plants.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi
Anastatica, a genus of cruciferous plants, including the Rose of Jericho (A. hierochuntica).
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2|Various
The Cruciferous plants form so natural an order, that when one of them has been described the others may be easily recognised.
Botany for Ladies|Jane Loudon

Woad is a cruciferous plant, Isatis tinctoria, used for dyeing.
The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland|T. W. Rolleston

British Dictionary definitions for cruciferous

cruciferous

/ (kruːˈsɪfərəs) /

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the plant family CruciferaeSee crucifer (def. 1)

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单词	cruciferous
释义	cruciferous [ kroo-sif-er-uhs ] / kruˈsɪf ər əs / adjective bearing a cross. Botany. belonging to the family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae), the mustard family of plants; brassicaceous: Are you getting enough broccoli, cauliflower, and other cruciferous vegetables in your diet? Origin of cruciferous From Late Latin crucifer + -ous; def. 1 was first recorded in1650–60; def. 2 in 1850–55; see origin at crucifer, -ous Words nearby cruciferous cruciate ligament of knee, cruciate muscle, crucible, crucible steel, crucifer, cruciferous, crucifix, crucifixion, crucifixion thorn, cruciform, crucify Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cruciferous Eight hundred fathoms broad at this point, the Niger flowed between banks richly grown with cruciferous plants and tamarind-trees. Five Weeks in a Balloon\|Jules Verne The soil is clayey, and thinly bestrewed with alpine grass, intermingled with syngenesious and cruciferous plants. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests\|J. J. von Tschudi Anastatica, a genus of cruciferous plants, including the Rose of Jericho (A. hierochuntica). The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2\|Various The Cruciferous plants form so natural an order, that when one of them has been described the others may be easily recognised. Botany for Ladies\|Jane Loudon Woad is a cruciferous plant, Isatis tinctoria, used for dyeing. The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland\|T. W. Rolleston British Dictionary definitions for cruciferous cruciferous / (kruːˈsɪfərəs) / adjective of, relating to, or belonging to the plant family CruciferaeSee crucifer (def. 1) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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