crux : Idioms & Phrases


crux australis

  • noun a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus
    Crux; Southern Cross.
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crux of the matter

  • noun the most important point
    crux.
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hypericum crux andrae

  • noun shrubby plant having yellow to apricot flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; southeastern United States: New York to Texas
    St Andrews's cross.
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las cruces

  • noun a town in southern New Mexico on the Rio Grande
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