cruciferous的词源

英文词源

cruciferous (adj.)

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.

中文词源

cruciferous：十字花科的，(开)十字花的

词根词缀： -cruc-十字 + -i- + -fer-携带,拿取 + -ous形容词词尾

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