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di⋅cen⋅tra
[dahy-sen-truh] 
trə
–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. |
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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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Dicentra
Di*cen"tra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- 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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