Shaped like a cross; having the form or appearance of a cross with intersecting perpendicular lines or arms.
From 'cross' (Old English 'cros', from Latin 'crux') + '-like' (Old English 'gelīc', meaning similar). The suffix '-like' has been used since Old English to create resemblance descriptions.
Many things naturally form crosslike shapes—from the way trees grow with opposing branches to the molecular structure of carbon atoms, showing that crossing patterns are fundamental to nature.
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