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Bleeding Heart

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Noun

1. bleeding heart, dicentra spectabilis, lyre-flower, lyreflower

garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers

2. bleeding heart

someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bleeding Heart

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noun
1. 
any of several plants of the genus Dicentra, esp the widely cultivated Japanese species D. spectabilis, which has finely divided leaves and heart-shaped nodding pink flowers: family Fumariaceae
2. informal
a. 
a person who is excessively softhearted
b. 
(as modifier)
a bleeding-heart liberal

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Bleeding Heart

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1. 
any of several dicentras, esp. a common garden perennial (Dicentra spectabilis) with racemes of drooping, deep-pink, heart-shaped flowers
2. 
a person regarded as too sentimental or too liberal in dealing with social problems

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bleeding Heart

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n.
1. Any of various perennial herbs of the genera Dicentra and Lamprocapnos, especially L. spectabilis, widely cultivated for its arching clusters of pink to red or white heart-shaped flowers.
2. A person who is considered excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be underprivileged or exploited.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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