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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 Texasplay

  Familiarity information: ST ANDREWS'S CROSS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ST ANDREWS'S CROSS (noun)


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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