cruciferous adjective. [kru:'sɪf(ǝ)rǝs] M17.
[formed as CRUCIFER + -OUS.]
1. Bearing, wearing, or adorned with a cross. M17.

2. Botany. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the family Cruciferae, which comprises plants having flowers with four equal petals arranged crosswise (as cabbage, mustard, cress, stock, etc.). M19.

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