di·cen·tra (d -s n tr )n. A plant of the genus Dicentra, which includes the bleeding heart and Dutchman's breeches. [New Latin Dicentra, genus name : di- + Greek kentron, point (from kentein, to prick; see kent- in Indo-European roots).] |
dicentra [daɪˈsɛntrə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any Asian or North American plant of the genus Dicentra, such as bleeding heart and Dutchman's-breeches, having finely divided leaves and ornamental clusters of drooping flowers: family Fumariaceae
[New Latin, from Greek dikentros having two sharp points, from di-1 + kentron sharp point, from kentein to prick; see centre]
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| Noun | 1. |  Dicentra - North American and Asian herbs with divided leaves and irregular flowersdilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs family Fumariaceae, Fumariaceae, fumitory family - erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and southern Africa: bleeding heart; Dutchman's breeches; fumitory; squirrel corn bleeding heart, Dicentra spectabilis, lyre-flower, lyreflower - garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchman's breeches - delicate spring-flowering plant of the eastern United States having white flowers with double spurs |
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