DICENTRA

Meaning of DICENTRA in English

genus of flowering plants of the fumitory family (Fumariaceae) that includes such popular wild garden representatives as bleeding heart, Dutchman's-breeches, and squirrel corn (qq.v.).

Britannica English vocabulary. Английский словарь Британика. 2012

DICENTRA — dīˈsen.trə noun Etymology: New Latin, from di- + -centra (from Greek kentron sharp point) — more at center 1. capitalized …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DICENTRA — (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more …
Английский словарь Webster
DICENTRA — ( n. ) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DICENTRA — /duy sen"treuh/ , n. any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DICENTRA — noun a genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the dutchman's breeches, and the more …
Webster English vocab
DICENTRA — [ dʌɪ'sɛntrə ] ■ noun a herbaceous plant of a genus with drooping clusters of flowers and including bleeding heart. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DICENTRA — dicentra BrE AmE ( ˌ ) daɪ ˈsentr ə ▷ dicentra|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SQUIRREL CORN — noun Date: 1843 a North American herb ( Dicentra canadensis ) of the fumitory family with much-divided leaves and a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DUTCHMAN'S-BREECHES — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: 1837 a spring-flowering herb ( Dicentra cucullaria ) of the fumitory …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BLEEDING HEART — noun Date: 1691 a garden plant ( Dicentra spectabilis ) of the fumitory family with racemes of usually deep pink …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DUTCHMAN'S-BREECHES — Plant ( Dicentra cucullaria ) of the fumitory family (Fumariaceae) named for its sprays of tremulous, yellow-tipped white flowers that …
Английский словарь Британика
BLEEDING HEART — Any of several species of Dicentra , a genus of herbaceous flowering plants of the fumitory family (Fumariaceae). The old …
Английский словарь Британика
BICUCULLINE — (ˈ)bī¦k(y)ükyəˌlēn, -_lə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: bi- (I) + cucull- (from cucullaria , specific epithet of Dicentra cucullaria , …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WILD BLEEDING HEART — noun : a weak glaucous herb ( Dicentra eximia ) of the eastern United States that has finely divided leaves …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STEERSHEAD — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: steer (I) : a low tuberous perennial herb ( Dicentra uniflora ) that is native to the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SQUIRREL CORN — noun : a No. American herb ( Dicentra canadensis ) with delicate much-divided leaves and a scapose raceme of cream-colored …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GOLDEN EARDROPS — noun plural but usually singular in construction : a stout California herb ( Dicentra chrysantha ) with glaucous bipinnate leaves …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GIRLS-AND-BOYS — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun plural but singular or plural in construction : either of two plants of the genus Dicentra: a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIDDLE FLOWER — noun : a bleeding heart ( Dicentra spectabilis )
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EARDROP — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. also eardropper ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ : earring ; especially : one with a pendant 2. eardrops plural but singular …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DUTCHMAN'S-BREECHES — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun plural but singular or plural in construction Usage: usually capitalized D Etymology: so called from the shape of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLEEDING HEART — noun 1. : any of several plants of the genus Dicentra ; especially : a garden plant ( D. spectabilis …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIELYTRA — (n.) See Dicentra.
Английский словарь Webster
DIELYTRA — ( n. ) See Dicentra.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WILD BLEEDING-HEART — a plant, Dicentra eximia, of the fumitory family, native to the eastern coast of the U.S., having elongated clusters of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SQUIRREL CORN — an American plant, Dicentra canadensis, of the fumitory family, having yellow roots resembling kernels of corn, finely dissected leaves, and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLEEDING HEART — Date: 1691 1. : a garden plant ( Dicentra spectabilis ) of the fumitory family with racemes of usually deep …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLEEDING HEART — [bleeding heart] n (1691) 1: a garden plant (Dicentra spectabilis) of the fumitory family with racemes of usu. deep pink …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLEEDING HEART — any of several species of Dicentra, a genus of herbaceous flowering plants of the fumitory family (Fumariaceae). The old garden …
Britannica English vocabulary
BLEEDING HEART — Any of several species of Dicentra , a genus of herbaceous flowering plants of the fumitory family (Fumariaceae). The old …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DUTCHMAN'S-BREECHES — Plant ( Dicentra cucullaria ) of the fumitory family (Fumariaceae) named for its sprays of tremulous, yellow-tipped white flowers that …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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