Meanings
plural Maltese crosses
- governmentA cross having four equal arms resembling arrowheads joined at the points
Synonyms: cross of Malta
- A flowering plant Lychnis chalcedonica (syn. Silene chalcedonica) of the family Caryophyllaceae
Synonyms: burning love, dusky salmon, flower of Bristol, Jerusalem cross, nonesuch
- gymnasticsA position on the rings where the gymnast's body is horizontal and straight, with arms to the side; a horizontal planche.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cross having four equal arms resembling arrowheads joined at the points
nounA flowering plant Lychnis chalcedonica (syn. Silene chalcedonica) of the family Caryophyllaceae
nounSynonym of Geneva wheel.
More synonyms by meaning
nounEurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian малтийски кръст, малтийски кръст
- малтийски кръст (maltijski krăst)cross
- малтийски кръст (maltijski krăst)plant
Chinese Mandarin 皺葉剪秋羅 /皱叶剪秋罗
- 皺葉剪秋羅 /皱叶剪秋罗plant
Estonian loitev tulinelk
- loitev tulinelkplant
Finnish Maltan risti, palavarakkaus
- Maltan risticross
- palavarakkausplant
French croix de Malte, lychnis croix de Malte f ou croix de Jérusalem
- croix de Maltecross
- lychnis croix de Malte f ou croix de Jérusalemplant
German Malteserkreuz, Brennende Liebe
- Malteserkreuzcross
- Brennende Liebeplant
Hungarian égőszerelem
- égőszerelemplant
Irish Cros Mháltach
- Cros Mháltachcross
Polish firletka chalcedońska
- firletka chalcedońskaplant
Portuguese cruz de Malta
- cruz de Maltacross
Romanian arșinic
- arșinicplant
Swedish malteserkors, johanniterkors
- malteserkorscross
- johanniterkorscross
- johannitkorscross
- maltakorscross
Turkish Malta haçı, Bristol çiçeği
- Malta haçıplant
- Bristol çiçeğiplant
Ukrainian мальтійський хре́ст
- мальтійський хре́ст (malʹtijsʹkyj xrést)cross
Welsh croes Malta
- croes Maltaplant
Cite this entry
Maltese cross. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maltese%20cross
“Maltese cross.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maltese%20cross. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Maltese cross,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maltese%20cross.
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