Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: maltese cross
  1. Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads
    "The maltese cross made a bold statement in the border";
    - scarlet lychnis, Lychnis 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