Cruciferæ

kroo-sif′ėr-ē, n. a natural order of exogenous plants (many edible), having a corolla of four petals arranged in the form of a cro .— n. Cruc′ifer , a cro -bearer in a proce ion.— adj. Crucif′erous ( bot. ), bearing four petals in the form of a cro . [L. crux , crucis , a cro , ferre , to bear.]