Saint Andrew's cross

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1. A cross shaped like the letter X.

2. A shrubby New World plant (Hypericum hypericoides) having four-petaled yellow flowers.

Saint Andrew's Cross

n usually abbreviated to St Andrew's Cross

1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a diagonal cross with equal arms

2. (History / Heraldry) a white diagonal cross on a blue ground

[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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