cruciferous
adj/kɹuˈsɪfəɹəs/
Etymology
From Late Latin crucifer (“cross-bearing”) + -ous. By surface analysis, crucifer + -ous.
Definitions
Of or relating to the crucifer plants or products from these plants
Of or relating to the crucifer plants or products from these plants; of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
- And cruciferous vegetables—broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, cabbage—are loaded with sulforaphane.
Bearing a cross.
The neighborhood
- neighborcrucifer
- neighborCruciferae
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for cruciferous. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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