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cru⋅ci⋅form

   [kroo-suh-fawrm]
–adjective
1. cross-shaped.
–noun
2. a cross.
Origin:
1655–65; < L cruci- (s. of crux) cross + -form
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cru·ci·form     (krōō'sə-fôrm')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Shaped like a cross; cruciate.

[Latin crux, cruc-, cross + -form.]
cru'ci·form' n., cru'ci·form'ly adv.
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cruciform

adjective
shaped like a cross [syn: cruciate] 

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Cruciform

Cru"ci*form\ (kr?"s?-f?rm), a. [L. crux, crucis, cress + -form: cf. F. cruciforme.] Cross-shaped; (Bot.) having four parts arranged in the form of a cross.

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