/duy sen"treuh/ , n.
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.
[ 1833; 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 ]