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  St. Andrew's cross

  noun

  a cross composed of four diagonal arms of equal length; saltire.
• St. Andrew's-cross
  St. Andrew's-cross

  noun

  a low evergreen shrub, Ascyrum hypericoides, native to temperate and subtropical America, having flowers in clusters of three: often cultivated.

St. Andrew's cross

¹ American  

noun

1. a cross composed of four diagonal arms of equal length; saltire.

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St. Andrew's-cross ² American  

[an-drooz-kraws, -kros] / ˈæn druzˈkrɔs, -ˈkrɒs /

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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St. Andrew's cross

The white "X" on a blue field is St. Andrew's cross, the official symbol of Scotland.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2014

And many of the waving flags combined the Union Jack with the St. Andrew’s cross.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2014

As a battle flag, the St. Andrew’s cross battle flag accumulated additional layers of meaning related to duty, soldierly valor, ancestry, heritage, and tradition.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2013

The flag: a red cross on a white ground, with a pale blue field in the upper left hand corner bearing nine white Jerusalem crosses arranged in the form of a St. Andrew's cross.

From Time Magazine Archive

You will notice that St. Andrew's cross is arranged so as to come above St. Patrick's in the two quarters of the flag next to the flag-staff.

From Chatterbox, 1906 by Clarke, J. Erskine (John Erskine)