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/mɔltˈiz krɔs/ Listen

Maltese cross

noun

Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads. Synonyms: Lychins chalcedonica, scarlet lychnis.

A cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center.

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"Maltese cross" Quotes from Famous Books

... these lilies has a shape similar to its own underneath it, outlined with fine gold cord, and filled in with red silk; representing altogether white flowers with a red lining. These four red and white lilies make together the form of a Maltese cross, and between each of the arms is a purl rose with yellow centre and graduated blue petals. A double oval, with the upper and lower curves larger than the side ones, marked with a thick gold cord, encloses the central cross, and the remaining spaces are filled with ...

— English Embroidered Bookbindings • Cyril James Humphries Davenport

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