noun
- a genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, commonly known as bleeding heart, characterized by heart-shaped flowers
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The dicentra in our garden blooms beautifully in spring.
- She planted several dicentra varieties along the shaded border.
- The pink dicentra flowers hung delicately from arching stems.
- Dicentra spectabilis is the most common species grown in gardens.
- The botanical garden featured a collection of native dicentra species.