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maltese cross
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun maltese cross has 2 senses
- maltese cross(n = noun.plant) lychins chalcedonica, scarlet lychnis - Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads; Array is a kind of catchfly, lychnis
- maltese cross(n = noun.artifact) Array - a cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center; Array is a kind of cross
CIDE DICTIONARY
maltese cross, n.
- A Eurasian garden perennial (
Lychins chalcedonica ) having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads. [WordNet 1.5] - A cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center. See illustration under cross. [WordNet 1.5]
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