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Noun: maltese cross
  1. Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads
    - scarlet lychnis, Lychins chalcedonica
Noun: Maltese cross
  1. A cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the centre

Derived forms: Maltese crosses, maltese crosses

Type of: catchfly, Cross, lychnis

Encyclopedia: Maltese cross