bleeding heart
150 pxLamprocapnos spectabilis
Meaning
Noun
- Any of various perennial plants, of the family Papaveraceae, subfamily Fumarioideae, often having pink heart-shaped flowers, including:
- Flowering shrubs, lianas, or small trees of the mint family Lamiaceae, in the genus Clerodendrum.
- The bleeding heart tree, Homalanthus populifolius (species), an Australian rainforest plant.
- A person who is overly sympathetic to the plight of the underprivileged, exploited or helpless, or to casualties of circumstance.
Related
Similar words
- Dutchman's breeches, lyre flower, lady-in-a-bath
- eardrop
- glorybower, bagflower
- Queensland poplar
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