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Maltese cross   Listen
noun
maltese cross  n.  (Bot.)
1.
A Eurasian garden perennial (Lychins chalcedonica) having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads.
Synonyms: scarlet lychnis, Lychins chalcedonica.
2.
A cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center. See illustration under cross.





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"Maltese cross" Quotes from Famous Books



... my reckoning, and then, partly for an amusement, I ranged my remaining pence upon the table, first in the shape of a Maltese cross, then in a circle (interesting details!). The road lay white in the sunlight outside, and the ...
— The Path to Rome • Hilaire Belloc
... front of the crown and in the centre of a diamond Maltese cross is the famous ruby of the Black Prince. Around this ruby to form the cross are seventy-five brilliant diamonds. Three other Maltese crosses, forming the two sides and back of the crown, have emerald centres, and each contains between one and two hundred ...
— Threads of Grey and Gold • Myrtle Reed


Words linked to "Maltese cross" :   catchfly, scarlet lychnis, Lychins chalcedonica


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