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DICENTRA

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di⋅cen⋅tra

[dahy-sen-truh]
–noun
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.

Origin:
1833; < NL < Gk díkentr(os) with two stings or spurs, equiv. to di- di- 1 + -kentros, deriv. of kéntron a spur, point, sting (deriv. of kenteîn to prick, sting) + L -a -a 2
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di·cen·tra   (dī-sěn'trə)   
n.  A plant of the genus Dicentra, which includes the bleeding heart and Dutchman's breeches.

[New Latin Dicentra, genus name : di-1 + Greek kentron, point (from kentein, to prick; see kent- in Indo-European roots).]
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