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Dicentra

‖

Di-cen′tra

(dī̍-sĕn′trȧ)

,

P

rop.

Noun.

[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

(

Dicentra spectabilis

).

[Corruptly written

dielytra

.]