‖ A shortened form of Accademia della Crusca, an academy in Florence, Italy, founded in the 16th century, especially for conserving the purity of the Italian language. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The Accademia della Crusca (literally, academy of the bran or chaff) was so called in allusion to its chief object of bolting or purifying the national language. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the Accademia della Crusca in Florence. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Dellacruscan School,
n. a genus of plants comprising tropical American species usually placed in the genus
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‖n. [ It., prop., a pan, a friing pan, fr. L. patella a pan. ] A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's, in Rome. Called also
‖n. [ It. ] The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece. [ 1913 Webster ]