different between cruciferae vs crucifer

English

Etymology

From Latin crucifer (“cross-bearer”), from crux (“cross”) + fer? (“I carry, bear”).

Noun

crucifer (plural crucifers)

1. (Christianity) A person who carries a cross in a religious procession, a cross bearer.
2. (botany) A member of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.

   Note: Brassicaceae may be used as an alternative and equivalent name for this family.

Hyponyms

• (botany): arugula, cabbage, cauliflower, mustard greens, radish, spring greens, watercress

Derived terms

• cruciferous

Translations

Anagrams

• Ferrucci

Latin

Etymology

From crux (“cross”) + fer? (“I carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kru.ki.fer/, [?k??k?f?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kru.t??i.fer/, [?k?u?t??if?r]

Noun

crucifer m (genitive crucifer?); second declension

1. the cross-bearer, that is J?s?s Chr?stus
2. (historical) the Kreuzer (german coin bearing cross)

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Related terms

Descendants

References

• crucifer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• crucifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• crucifer in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016