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St. Andrew's cross

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noun
  1. a cross composed of four diagonal arms of equal length; saltire.
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Saint Andrew's Cross

noun
  1. an X-shaped cross.
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St. Andrew's-cross

[an-drooz-kraws, -kros]
noun
  1. a low evergreen shrub, Ascyrum hypericoides, native to temperate and subtropical America, having flowers in clusters of three: often cultivated.
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Saint Andrew's Cross

noun usually abbreviated to: St Andrew's Cross
  1. a diagonal cross with equal arms
  2. a white diagonal cross on a blue ground
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Word Origin

C18: so called because Saint Andrew, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, is reputed to have been crucified on a cross of this shape
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