What is another word for crucifer?

Pronunciation: [kɹˈuːsɪfə] (IPA)

Crucifer is a term used to describe plants that belong to the family Brassicaceae, which is known for their characteristic cross-shaped flowers. There are many different synonyms for the word "crucifer," including cruciferous vegetables, which are vegetables that belong to the same family, such as broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage. Other synonyms for cruciferous plants include members of the Brassica family, such as mustard, radish, and turnip. Additionally, they are often referred to as cole crops, which is a term that includes plants like kale and collard greens. Overall, the use of different synonyms for crucifer helps to identify the diverse range of plants that belong to this family.

What are the hypernyms for Crucifer?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Crucifer?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the holonyms for Crucifer?

Holonyms are words that denote a whole whose part is denoted by another word.

What are the meronyms for Crucifer?

Meronyms are words that refer to a part of something, where the whole is denoted by another word.
  • meronyms for crucifer (as nouns)

    • plant
      cruciferous vegetable.

Usage examples for Crucifer

Organ, orchestra, and ringing voices burst into triumphant melody, the vestibule doors fly open, and, headed by the crucifer and his sacred emblem, the white surpliced choristers come thronging up the centre aisle, while the whole congregation turns and faces them, as wedding congregations will, and the lofty rafters ring with the exultant strains,- "Hark!
"Marion's Faith."
Charles King
He was said to have asked permission of the pope, that a crucifer should precede him in processions.
"The Book of Were-Wolves"
Sabine Baring-Gould
In such instances we must figure to ourselves the cells of the root of the crucifer handing on food-materials to both masses of protoplasm-that of the Plasmodiophora and that of the cell into which it penetrates; and it is immaterial whether both obtain the food-materials directly, or, what seems more likely, the fungus only at second hand and by the medium of the host's protoplasm.
"Disease in Plants"
H. Marshall Ward

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