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Definition of: dicentra
(dī·sen′trə) noun
1. Any plant of a genus (Dicentra) of low, delicate, perennial herbs, with a raceme of nodding, rose–colored or yellow, heart–shaped flowers, as the bleeding heart and dutch–man's–breeches. [<NL <Gk. dikentros <di- two + kentron a spur]
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