From Latin crux 'cross' + fōrmis 'shaped,' used for cross-shaped architecture and four-petaled plants.
Having the shape of a cross.
From Latin crux 'cross' + -fōrmis 'shaped.' Used primarily in architecture to describe church floor plans shaped like a cross, and in botany for flowers with four petals arranged crosswise (the Cruciferae family, now Brassicaceae). Key roots: *krewk- (Proto-Indo-European: "post, stake"), *mórpʰā (Proto-Indo-European: "form, shape").