CRUCIBLE STEEL
Cru"ci*ble steel.
Defn: Cast steel made by fusing in crucibles crude or scrap steel, wrought iron, and other ingredients and fluxes.
CRUCIFER
Cru"ci*fer (-fr), n. Etym: [See Cruciferous.] (Bot.)
Defn: Any plant of the order Cruciferæ.
CRUCIFEROUS Cru*cif"er*ous (kr-sf"r-s), a. Etym: [L. crux, crucis, cross + - ferous: cf. F. crucif.]
1. Bearing a cross.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: 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.
CRUCIFIER
Cru"ci*fi`er (kr"s-f`r), n.
Defn: One who crucifies; one who subjects himself or another to a painful trial.