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Maltese cross definition

Maltese cross

  1. a cross whose arms look like arrowheads pointing inward
  2. a perennial garden flower (Lychnis chalcedonica) of the pink family, having brilliant red five-parted flowers

Etymology: from its use as an emblem by the medieval Knights of Malta

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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