Dicentra

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:03:48

Di*cen"tra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. = twice + 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.]

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