Definition of Dicentra spectabilis

1. Noun. Garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers.

Exact synonyms: Bleeding Heart, Lyre-flower, Lyreflower
Group relationships: Dicentra, Genus Dicentra
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dicentra Spectabilis

Diapheromera femorata
Diapsida
Diaptomus
Dias
Diaspididae
Diaspora
Diatomophyceae
Diaz
Dibothriocephalus
Dibothriocephalus latus
Dibranchia
Dicamptodon ensatus
Dicamptodontidae
Dicentra canadensis
Dicentra cucullaria
Dicentra spectabilis
Diceros
Diceros bicornis
Diceros simus
Dichelobacter nodosus
Dichondra micrantha

Literary usage of Dicentra spectabilis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Practical Landscape Gardening: The Importance of Careful Planning, Locating by Robert B. Cridland (1920)
"... 26 10 dicentra spectabilis 27 15 Geum coccineum 28 20 Delphinium formosum ... 15 Funkia caerulea 32 20 dicentra spectabilis 33 is Chrysanthemum Golden ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1902)
"While the investigations below described were being carried on, J. Gadamer } published a paper on dicentra spectabilis, showing the presence of ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"dicentra spectabilis, bleeding-heart, u native of Siberia and tin1 northern provinces of China, was introduced into Great ..."

4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"P dicentra spectabilis (L.) Lem. Tall bleeding-heart Herbaceous perennial Cultivated and occasionally persisting in abandoned garden sites or rubbish dumps. ..."

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