cruciate

As an adjective cruciate

is in the form of a cross; cruciform.

As a verb cruciate

is (obsolete) to torture; to torment.

As a proper noun crux is

(constellation) a distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross it appears in the flags of several countries in oceania.

As verbs the difference between cruciated and cruciate

is that cruciated is (cruciate) while cruciate is (obsolete) to torture; to torment.

As an adjective cruciate is

in the form of a cross; cruciform.

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As an adjective cruciate is

in the form of a cross; cruciform.

As a verb cruciate is

(obsolete) to torture; to torment.