dutchman's breeches

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]

Dutchman's breeches \Dutchman's breeches\, Dutchman's-breeches \Dutchman's-breeches\n. (Bot.), a delicate perennial spring-flowering herb (Dicentra cucullaria) of eastern U.S., having peculiar double-spurred white flowers. See Illust. of Dicentra

Dutchman's breeches n 1: delicate spring-flowering plant of the eastern United States having white flowers with double spurs [syn: Dutchman's breeches, Dicentra cucullaria]