cru·ci·fer
(kro͞o′sə-fər)n.
1. One who bears a cross in a religious procession.
2. A plant in the mustard family.
[Late Latin : Latin crux, cruc-, cross + Latin -fer, -fer. Sense 2, from New Latin Cruciferae, alternative scientific name of the mustard family, from Late Latin crucifer (from the family's crosslike four-petaled flowers typically borne at the end of stalks ).]
cru·cif′er·ous (-sĭf′ər-əs) adj.
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crucifer
(ˈkruːsɪfə)n
1. (Plants) any plant of the family Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae), having a corolla of four petals arranged like a cross and a fruit called a siliqua. The family includes the brassicas, mustard, cress, and wallflower
2. a person who carries a cross
[C16: from Late Latin, from Latin crux cross + ferre to carry]
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cru•ci•fer
(ˈkru sə fər)n.
1. a person who carries a cross, as in ecclesiastical processions.
2. a cruciferous plant.
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| Noun | 1. |  crucifer - any of various plants of the family Cruciferaecruciferous vegetable - a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, family Brassicaceae, family Cruciferae, mustard family - a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives cress, cress plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste Alliaria officinalis, garlic mustard, hedge garlic, jack-by-the-hedge, sauce-alone - European herb that smells like garlic alyssum, madwort - any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers Anastatica hierochuntica, resurrection plant, rose of Jericho - small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist wild cabbage, Brassica oleracea - wild original of cultivated cabbages; common in western coastal Europe Brassica oleracea, cultivated cabbage, cabbage - any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers Brassica oleracea gemmifera, brussels sprout - plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages Brassica oleracea botrytis, cauliflower - a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds Brassica oleracea italica, broccoli - plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds borecole, Brassica oleracea acephala, cole, colewort, kail, kale - a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head Brassica oleracea gongylodes, kohlrabi - plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem turnip plant - any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots mustard - any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica Brassica rapa pekinensis, celery cabbage, Chinese cabbage, napa, pe-tsai - plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia bok choi, bok choy, Brassica rapa chinensis, Chinese white cabbage, pak choi, pakchoi - Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves Brassica perviridis, Brassica rapa perviridis, spinach mustard, tendergreen - Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage Camelina sativa, gold of pleasure - annual European false flax having small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely naturalized in North America Capsella bursa-pastoris, shepherd's pouch, shepherd's purse - white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed radish plant, radish - a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root malheur wire lettuce, Stephanomeria malheurensis - a small plant of Oregon resembling mustard; a threatened species herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
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