dicentra spectabilis

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dicentra spectabilis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

dicentra spectabilis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Dicentra spectabilis
      n 1: garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers
           [syn: bleeding heart, lyreflower, lyre-flower,
           Dicentra spectabilis]