Search Result for "lychins chalcedonica":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads;
[syn: scarlet lychnis, maltese cross, Lychins chalcedonica]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

maltese cross \maltese cross\ n. (Bot.) A Eurasian garden perennial (Lychins chalcedonica) having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads. Syn: scarlet lychnis, Lychins chalcedonica. [WordNet 1.5] 2. A cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center. See illustration under cross. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Lychins chalcedonica n 1: Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads [syn: scarlet lychnis, maltese cross, Lychins chalcedonica]