crozophora

[First element in the com pound doubtful. It would not bring a suitable meaning out if it were derived from Gr. kröző =to caw like a crow or raven. Cf. kro os a water-pail, a pitcher, second element phoros =bearing.] Bot .: A genus of plants, order Euphorbia cere, tribe Crotonese. The flowers are moncecious: the male flowers with a 5-parted calyx and five petals, the female ones with a 10-parted calyx and no IMG:content-1432.png:[blocks in formation] "The tenants carry home their peats, and some lead their corn, in what they call crubans ."-P. Wick : Statist . Aco ., x. 23. *cruce, s. [O. Fr.] A jug or goblet. "They had sucked such a juce Out of the good ale cruce." The Unluckie Firmentie. ( Nares .) *cruched friars, s . pl . [CRUTCHED FRIARS.] *crû-çi-a-da, s. [Sp. cruzada =(1) a crusade, (2) a bull.] A papal bull, giving certain privileges to those who joined in a crusade. "The Pope's Cruciada drew you sands of soldiers." Hacket : Life of Williams , ii. 196. ( Davies .)