The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lychins chalcedonica
maltese cross \maltese cross\ n. (Bot.) A Eurasian garden perennial ( Lychins chalcedonica) having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads.
Syn: scarlet lychnis, Lychins chalcedonica.
2. A cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center. See illustration under cross.