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MALTESE CROSS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Maltese cross mean?
• MALTESE CROSS (noun)
The noun MALTESE CROSS has 2 senses:
1. Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads
2. a cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center
Familiarity information: MALTESE CROSS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Lychins chalcedonica; maltese cross; scarlet lychnis
Hypernyms ("maltese cross" is a kind of...):
catchfly; lychnis (mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("Maltese cross" is a kind of...):
Cross (a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry)
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