crux
- Proper noun. (constellation) A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross. It appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.
- Noun. The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
- Noun. The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.
- Noun. A puzzle or difficulty.
- Noun. The hardest point of a climb.
- Noun. (heraldiccharge) A cross on a coat of arms.
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