LOW ST ANDREW'S CROSS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does low St Andrew's cross mean? 

• LOW ST ANDREW'S CROSS (noun)
  The noun LOW ST ANDREW'S CROSS has 1 sense:

1. low shrubby plant having yellow flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; Bermuda and southeastern United States to West Indies and eastern Mexico

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOW ST ANDREW'S CROSS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Low shrubby plant having yellow flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; Bermuda and southeastern United States to West Indies and eastern Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hypericum hypericoides; low St Andrew's cross

Hypernyms ("low St Andrew'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)