[lahs kroo-sis] 
| a city in S New Mexico, on the Rio Grande. 45,086. |
[kruhks] [kroo-seez] . | 1. | a vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point: The crux of the trial was his whereabouts at the time of the murder. |
| 2. | a cross. |
| 3. | something that torments by its puzzling nature; a perplexing difficulty. |
| cru·ces (krōō'sēz) n. A plural of crux. |
| crux (krŭks, krŏŏks) n. pl. crux·es or cru·ces (krōō'sēz)
[Probably short for Medieval Latin crux (interpretum), torment (of interpreters), from Latin crux, cross.] |
crux (krŭks, kr&oobreve;ks)
n. pl. crux·es or cru·ces (kr&oomacr;'sēz)
A cross or a crosslike structure.