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 

• MALTESE CROSS (noun)

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)