cruciferous
/kɹuˈsɪfəɹəs/
cruciferous adjective: of or relating to the crucifer plants or products from these plants; of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
Adjective
cruciferous (not comparable)
- 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.2007 November, Elizabeth Drake, “Combine and conquer: Use these winning food pairings to protect your health”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 126
- Antonyms:
- noncruciferous
- Bearing a cross.
cruciferous meaning in Tamil and Bengali
cruciferous in Tamil
- முட்டைக்கோசு வகையின, சிலுவையொத்த
cruciferous in Bengali
- চারটি পাপড়িওয়ালা ফুলবিশিষ্ট
Antonyms of cruciferous
Origin of cruciferous
From Late Latin crucifer (“cross-bearing”) + -ous. By surface analysis, crucifer + -ous.
Words formed from cruciferous
Words that rhyme with cruciferous
- melliferous
- proliferous
- aestiferous
- antheriferous
- aquiferous
- conchiferous
- culmiferous
- foraminiferous
- gemmiferous
- herbiferous
- luciferous
- magnetiferous
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- mammiferous
- mortiferous
- multiferous
- papyriferous
- pediferous
- pestiferous
- pomiferous
- poriferous
- radiferous
- salutiferous
- seminiferous
- stelliferous
- umbelliferous
- acetabuliferous
- acidiferous
- aeriferous
- agatiferous
- albuminiferous
- aliferous
- alkaliferous
- alumiferous
- aluminiferous
- amberiferous
- amentiferous
- ammonitiferous
- amygdaliferous
- amyliferous
- anatiferous
- angeliferous
- antenniferous
- anthraciferous
- argentiferous
- argilliferous
- armiferous
- astriferous
- auriferous
- bacciferous
- balaniferous
- balsamiferous
- belliferous
- biliferous
- bituminiferous
- branchiferous
- bulbiferous
- byssiferous
- cadmiferous
- calamiferous
- calcariferous
Questions about cruciferous
- What does cruciferous mean?
- Cruciferous means of or relating to the crucifer plants or products from these plants; of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
- What is cruciferous in Tamil?
- Cruciferous in Tamil is முட்டைக்கோசு வகையின, சிலுவையொத்த. See Cruciferous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cruciferous?
- Cruciferous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce cruciferous?
- Cruciferous is pronounced /kɹuˈsɪfəɹəs/.
Words near cruciferous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cruciferous (page history and authors); cruciferous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cruciferous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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