Maltese cross
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Noun
[edit]Maltese cross (plural Maltese crosses)
- (heraldry) 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
- A flowering plant Lychnis chalcedonica (syn. Silene chalcedonica) of the family Caryophyllaceae
- Synonyms: burning love, dusky salmon, flower of Bristol, Jerusalem cross, nonesuch
- (gymnastics) A position on the rings where the gymnast's body is horizontal and straight, with arms to the side; a horizontal planche.
- Synonym of Geneva wheel.
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