‖ Dicentra Bot.
(daɪˈsɛntrə)
[mod.L., f. Gr. δίκεντρος, f. δι- two + κέντρον sharp point, spur.]
A genus of plants (family Fumariaceæ) having drooping heart-shaped flowers; the species are natives of North America and Eastern and Central Asia, and several are in cultivation in the flower-garden, esp. D. spectabilis (also called Dielytra).
| 1866 in Treas. Bot. 1883 Century Mag. Sept. 726/2 The beautifully divided leaves of the dicentra. 1884 E. P. Roe in Harper's Mag. May 932/1 Clumps of bloodroot, hepaticas, dicentras, dog-tooth violets, and lilies-of-the-valley. |