WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
di•cen•tra
(dī sen′trə),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologyany of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- Greek díkentr(os) with two stings or spurs, equivalent. to di- di-1 + -kentros, derivative of kéntron a spur, point, sting (derivative of kenteîn to prick, sting) + Latin -a -a2
- Neo-Latin
- 1833
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