'Cruciferous' definitions:
Definition of 'cruciferous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
Definition of 'Cruciferous'
From: GCIDE
- Cruciferous \Cru*cif"er*ous\ (kr[.u]*s?f"?r-?s), a. [L. crux, crucis, cross + -ferous: cf. F. crucif[`e]re.]
- 1. Bearing a cross. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]