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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -calciferous-, *calciferous*, calciferou
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WordNet (3.0)
calciferous(adj) bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite
cruciferous(adj) of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
cruciferous vegetable(n) a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
calciferous

a. [ L. calx, calcis, lime + -ferous. ] Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime. [ 1913 Webster ]


Calciferous epoch (Geol.), an epoch in the American lower Silurian system, immediately succeeding the Cambrian period. The name alludes to the peculiar mixture of calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the beds. See the Diagram under Geology.
[ 1913 Webster ]

Cruciferous

a. [ L. crux, crucis, cross + -ferous: cf. F. crucifère. ] 1. Bearing a cross. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants which have four petals arranged like the arms of a cross, as the mustard, radish, turnip, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0)
cruciferous(adj) of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
cruciferous vegetable(n) a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Cruciferous

a. [ L. crux, crucis, cross + -ferous: cf. F. crucifère. ] 1. Bearing a cross. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants which have four petals arranged like the arms of a cross, as the mustard, radish, turnip, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

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