dicentra spectabilis

Noun
Synonyms: bleeding heartlyreflowerlyre-flowerDicentra spectabilis

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowersSynonyms: bleeding heartlyreflowerlyre-flowerDicentra spectabilis
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

lyreflower \lyreflower\ (Bot.) n. A garden plant (Dicentra spectabilis) having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers.

Syn: bleeding heart, Dicentra spectabilis. [WordNet 1.5] Lyric

Dicentra \Di*cen"tra\ (d[-i]*s[e^]n"tr[.a]), Prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ke`ntron spur.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis). [Corruptly written dielytra.] [1913 Webster]
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