Definition of Dielytra

1. n. See Dicentra.

Definition of Dielytra

1. dicentra [n -S] - See also: dicentra

Medical Definition of Dielytra

1. 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. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. = twice + spur. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dielytra

dieldrins
dielectric
dielectric absorption
dielectric grease
dielectric heating
dielectrically
dielectrics
dielectrography
dielectrolysis
dielectron
dielectronic
dielectrons
dielectrophoresis
dielectrophoretic
dieless
dielytra (current term)
dielytras
diemaker
diemakers
dienamine
dienamines
diencephala
diencephalic
diencephalic epilepsy
diencephalic syndrome of infancy
diencephalohypophysial
diencephalon
diencephalons
diene
dienedioate

Literary usage of Dielytra

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

1. Paxton's Flower Garden by John Lindley, Sir Joseph Paxton (1853)
"THE GOLDEN-FLOWERED dielytra. Stem tall, leafy, branching. ... dielytra chrysantha : Hooter and Arnolt, ..."

2. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1865)
"A new white variety of the hardy, elegant and now well-known dielytra has been raised by the German cultivators, which forms a pretty companion for the ..."

3. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Horticultural Society of London (1846)
"It may be abundantly multiplied by dividing its roots, and possibly from seeds also. May 29, 1846. 39. dielytra ..."

4. Popular Flowers, and how to Cultivate Them by Edward Sprague Rand (1874)
"THE well-known, hardy, herbaceous plant, "dielytra ... ilis" called par excellence dielytra, is one of the'most valuable garden plants, and by far the ..."

5. Handy Book of the Flower-garden, Being Practical Directions for the by David Thomson (1876)
"DACTYLIS—dielytra. Dactylis glomerata variegata (variegated Cock's-foot Grass). ... dielytra spectabilis, 24 inches, rose and yellow—April and May. ..."

6. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists Magazine by Joseph Harrison (1853)
"dielytra SPECTABILIS. IN a previous number of this Magazine, we noticed this beautiful flowering plant, but it appears, from several communications we have ..."

7. Seventy-five Popular Flowers, and how to Cultivate Them by Edward Sprague Rand (1870)
"changed to " dielytra," which name the Chinese plant will probably bear to the end of time. Nearly allied to the Dicentra is the pretty climbing plant Adlu- ..."

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