Entry: cruciform (adj.)
In context: "...these WhataBurger Jr. Invitational invitations stacked cruciform..."
Definition: Of the form of a (right-angled) cross; cross-shaped: spec. in Bot. of the flowers of cruciferous plants; in Archit. of a church built in the form of a cross.
Other: Makes sense, doesn't it?
SNOOT score: 2
Page: 513
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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