"cruciferous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /kɹuˈsɪfəɹəs/
Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs Etymology: From Late Latin crucifer (“cross-bearing”) + -ous. By surface analysis, crucifer + -ous. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|LL.:crucifer<t:cross-bearing>|ous}} Late Latin crucifer (“cross-bearing”) + -ous, {{surf|en|crucifer|-ous}} By surface analysis, crucifer + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} cruciferous (not comparable)
  1. (botany) Of or relating to the crucifer plants or products from these plants; of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Botany Translations (of, or relating to the crucifer plants): кръстоцветен (krǎstocveten) (Bulgarian), košťálový [masculine] (Czech), crucifère [feminine, masculine] (French), σταυρανθής (stavranthís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-cruciferous-en-adj-IZbDCeUj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 100 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 100 0 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'of, or relating to the crucifer plants': 100 0
  2. Bearing a cross. Tags: not-comparable Translations (bearing a cross): crucifère [feminine, masculine] (French), σταυροφόρος (stavrofóros) [feminine, masculine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-cruciferous-en-adj-1~tfiba~ Disambiguation of 'bearing a cross': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: noncruciferous Related terms: crucifer, Cruciferae
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