Dictionary entry

Dicentra

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Di‐cen″tra (dī̍‐sĕn″trȧ), n. [NL., fr. Gr. δι- = δίσ- twice + κέντρον 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 (D. spectabilis). [Corruptly written dielytra.]