Maltese cross

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Maltese cross

Noun

Maltese cross (plural Maltese crosses)Category:English lemmas#MALTESECROSSCategory:English nouns#MALTESECROSSCategory:English countable nouns#MALTESECROSSCategory:English multiword terms#MALTESECROSSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MALTESECROSSCategory:Pages with entries#MALTESE%20CROSSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#MALTESE%20CROSS

  2. (heraldryCategory:en:Heraldry#MALTESECROSS) A cross having four equal arms resembling arrowheads joined at the points
    Synonym: cross of Malta
    Hypernyms: cross < charge
    Coordinate terms: cross pattée, Iron Cross, Victoria Cross, cross flory, cross crosslet, cross moline, see others
  4. A flowering plant Lychnis chalcedonicaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Lychnis%20chalcedonica (syn. Silene chalcedonicaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Silene%20chalcedonica) of the family Caryophyllaceae
    Synonyms: burning loveCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#burning%20love, dusky salmonCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#dusky%20salmon, flower of BristolCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#flower%20of%20Bristol, Jerusalem cross, nonesuch
  6. (gymnasticsCategory:en:Gymnastics#MALTESECROSS) A position on the rings where the gymnast's body is horizontal and straight, with arms to the side; a horizontal planche.
    Hypernyms: planche < stanceCategory:English links with manual fragments#MALTESE%20CROSS, positionCategory:English links with manual fragments#MALTESE%20CROSS
  8. (mechanicsCategory:en:Mechanics#MALTESECROSS) Synonym of Geneva wheel.

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