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ST ANDREWS'S CROSS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does St Andrews's cross mean?
• ST ANDREWS'S CROSS (noun)
The noun ST ANDREWS'S CROSS has 1 sense:
1. shrubby plant having yellow to apricot flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; southeastern United States: New York to Texas
Familiarity information: ST ANDREWS'S CROSS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrubby plant having yellow to apricot flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; southeastern United States: New York to Texas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Hypericum crux andrae; St Andrews's cross
Hypernyms ("St Andrews's cross" is a kind of...):
St John's wort (any of numerous plants of the genus Hypericum having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves; traditionally gathered on St John's eve to ward off evil)
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