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Definition of Bleeding heart

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

2. Noun. Someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged.

Definition of Bleeding heart

1. Noun. Any of various perennial plants, of the genus ''Dicentra'', having pink heart-shaped flowers ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bleeding Heart

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Literary usage of Bleeding heart

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

1. The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott (1893)
"1 The bleeding heart was the cognizance of the Douglas family in memory of the heart of Bruce, which that monarch on his deathbed bequeathed to James ..."

2. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"Photo by Verne Morton. 'The summer's flower is to the summer sweet, Though to itself it only live and die." THE bleeding heart Teacher's Story •—Sh ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"BLEEDING- HEART. Fig. 1256. Height 1-2 ft.: Ivs. and Ifts. broadest of the group, ... The bleeding-heart is one of the best of flowering perennials. ..."

4. Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz (1913)
"I cannot tell you how glad I am that the campaign is over.1 While I had to follow my view of the public interest, I opposed you with a bleeding heart; ..."

5. Letters on American Slavery: Addressed to Mr. Thomas Rankin, Merchant at by John Rankin (1833)
"God of nature, by all those heavenly sympathies that issued from a Savior's bleeding heart, plead with you, to 'do justly, to love mercy,'' and to let the ..."

6. The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott (1893)
"1 The bleeding heart was the cognizance of the Douglas family in memory of the heart of Bruce, which that monarch on his deathbed bequeathed to James ..."

7. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"Photo by Verne Morton. 'The summer's flower is to the summer sweet, Though to itself it only live and die." THE bleeding heart Teacher's Story •—Sh ..."

8. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"BLEEDING- HEART. Fig. 1256. Height 1-2 ft.: Ivs. and Ifts. broadest of the group, ... The bleeding-heart is one of the best of flowering perennials. ..."

9. Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz (1913)
"I cannot tell you how glad I am that the campaign is over.1 While I had to follow my view of the public interest, I opposed you with a bleeding heart; ..."

10. Letters on American Slavery: Addressed to Mr. Thomas Rankin, Merchant at by John Rankin (1833)
"God of nature, by all those heavenly sympathies that issued from a Savior's bleeding heart, plead with you, to 'do justly, to love mercy,'' and to let the ..."

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