'Crux' definitions:
Definition of 'Crux'
(from WordNet)
noun
A small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus [syn: Southern Cross, Crux, Crux Australis]
noun
The most important point [syn: crux, crux of the matter]
Definition of 'Crux'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'crux'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ankh,
- avellan cross,
- baffling problem,
- bench mark,
- brain twister,
- Calvary cross,
- cardinal point,
- catch,
- chi,
- chi-rho,
- chief thing,
- Chinese puzzle,
- christcross,
- Christogram,
- climax,
- core,
- cornerstone,
- crisis,
- crisscross,
- critical point,
- cross,
- cross ancre,
- cross botonee,
- cross bourdonee,
- cross fitche,
- cross fleury,
- cross formee,
- cross fourchee,
- cross grignolee,
- cross moline,
- cross of Cleves,
- cross of Lorraine,
- cross patee,
- cross recercelee,
- cross-crosslet,
- crossbones,
- crosslet,
- crossword puzzle,
- crucifix,
- cruciform,
- crux ansata,
- crux capitata,
- crux decussata,
- crux gammata,
- crux immissa,
- crux ordinaria,
- dagger,
- dilemma,
- enigma,
- enigmatic question,
- essence,
- essential,
- essential matter,
- ex,
- exing,
- floorer,
- fork cross,
- fundamental,
- gammadion,
- gist,
- Gordian knot,
- gravamen,
- great point,
- Greek cross,
- heart,
- high point,
- hitch,
- important thing,
- inverted cross,
- issue,
- Jerusalem cross,
- jigsaw puzzle,
- joker,
- kernel,
- keystone,
- knot,
- knotty point,
- landmark,
- Latin cross,
- long cross,
- main point,
- main thing,
- Maltese cross,
- material point,
- matter,
- meat,
- milestone,
- mind-boggler,
- mystery,
- node,
- nodus,
- nonplus,
- nub,
- nut to crack,
- oxymoron,
- papal cross,
- paradox,
- pectoral cross,
- perplexed question,
- perplexity,
- pinch,
- pith,
- pivot,
- pons asinorum,
- poser,
- potent cross,
- problem,
- purport,
- puzzle,
- puzzlement,
- puzzler,
- quandary,
- question,
- question mark,
- real issue,
- rood,
- rub,
- Russian cross,
- salient point,
- saltire,
- sine qua non,
- sixty-four dollar question,
- snag,
- sticker,
- stumper,
- substance,
- substantive point,
- swastika,
- T,
- tau,
- teaser,
- the bottom line,
- the point,
- thrust,
- tough proposition,
- trefled cross,
- turning point,
- vexed question,
- voided cross,
- why,
- X