Di·cen·tra Prop. n. Bot. 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 (Dicentra spectabilis). [Corruptly written dielytra.]
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Dutchman's breeches, Dutchman's-breeches n. Bot., a delicate perennial spring-flowering herb (Dicentra cucullaria) of eastern U.S., having peculiar double-spurred white flowers. See Illust. of Dicentra
Syn: -- Dicentra cucullaria.
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Dutchman's breeches
n : delicate spring-flowering plant of the eastern United States
having double-spurred white flowers [syn: Dicentra
cucullaria]