What is "dicentra"

Dicentra \Di*cen"tra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ? spur.] (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).

n. (cx botany English) Any of the plant genus ''Dicentra''.

Dicentra (bleeding-heart; Greek dís "twice", kéntron "spur") is a genus of eight species of herbaceous plants with oddly shaped flowers and finely divided leaves, native to eastern Asia and North America.