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cru⋅ci⋅fer

  [kroo-suh-fer]
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–noun
1. a person who carries a cross, as in ecclesiastical processions.
2. Botany. a cruciferous plant.
Origin:
1565–75; < LL, equiv. to L cruci- (s. of crux) cross + -fer -fer
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cru·ci·fer   (krōō'sə-fər)   
n.  

  1. One who bears a cross in a religious procession.

  2. Botany Any of various plants in the mustard family (Cruciferae or Brassicaceae), which includes the alyssum, candytuft, cabbage, radish, broccoli, and many weeds.


[Late Latin : Latin crux, cruc-, cross + Latin -fer, -fer.]
cru·cif'er·ous (-sĭf'ər-əs) adj.
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