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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cruciferous /kruːˈsɪf(ə)rəs/

▶adjective Botany relating to or denoting plants of the cabbage family (Cruciferae), with four equal petals arranged in a cross.

– origin C19: from mod. L. Cruciferae, from L. crux, cruc- ‘cross’ + -fer ‘bearing’ + -ous.

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