| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| dicentra |
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| SYLLABICATION: | di·cen·tra |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -s n tr |
| NOUN: | A plant of the genus Dicentra, which includes the bleeding heart and Dutchman's breeches. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin Dicentra, genus name : di–1 + Greek kentron, point (from kentein, to prick; see kent- in Appendix I).
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