| 1. | a cross whose four arms are each capped with a crossbar and often with a small Greek cross centered in each quadrant. |
| 2. | scarlet lychnis. |
| a plant, Lychnis chalcedonica, of the pink family, having scarlet or sometimes white flowers, the arrangement and shape of the petals resembling a Maltese cross. |
| jerusalem cross | |
noun | |
| a cross with equal arms, each terminating in a small crossbar |