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maltese crosses

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Maltese cross

–noun
1. a cross having four equal arms that expand in width outward.
2. scarlet lychnis.

Origin:
1875–80

scarlet lychnis

–noun
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.
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