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noun
1.
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
2.
Botany
.
the circinate young frond of a
fern
.
Also,
crozier.
Origin:
1350–1400;
short for
crosier-staff;
Middle English
crosier
staff-bearer <
Middle French;
replacing
Middle English
crocer
<
Anglo-French.
See
crosse
,
-er
2
Related forms
cro·siered,
adjective
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phase in plant life which starts with a zygote produced by sexual reproduction
female reproductive organ which produces eggs in bryophytes, ferns and most gymnosperms
male reproductive structure which produces gametes in ferns, mosses, fungi and algae
phylum of green, nonvascular, seedless plants comprised of true mosses, hornworts and liverworts
form of a diploid plant in the alternation of generations that produces asexual spores
organism capable of self-nourishment which uses photosynthesis or chemosynthesis for energy
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crosier
or
crozier
(ˈkrəʊʒə)
—
n
1.
a staff surmounted by a crook or cross, carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
2.
the tip of a young plant, esp a fern frond, that is coiled into a hook
[C14: from Old French
crossier
staff bearer, from
crosse
pastoral staff, literally: hooked stick, of Germanic origin]
crozier
or
crozier
—
n
[C14: from Old French
crossier
staff bearer, from
crosse
pastoral staff, literally: hooked stick, of Germanic origin]
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