- cruciferous (adj.)
[cruciferous 词源字典]
- 1650s, from Late Latin crucifer "cross-bearing," from Latin crux (genitive crucis) "stake, cross" (see cross (n.)). Originally in literal senses; botanical use (in reference to a symmetrical arrangement of four petals) is from 1851.[cruciferous etymology, cruciferous origin, 英语词源]