MALTESE CROSS


Meaning of MALTESE CROSS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1877

1.

a. : a cross formée

b. : a cross that resembles the cross formée but has the outer face of each arm indented in a V — see cross illustration

2. : a Eurasian herb ( Lychnis chalcedonica ) of the pink family cultivated for its usually scarlet flowers

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.