Definitions for dicentras

dicentras di·cen·tra

Spelling: [dahy-sen-truh]
IPA: /daɪˈsɛn trə/

Dicentras is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 1024 anagrams from letters in dicentras (acdeinrst).

Definitions for dicentras

noun

  1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.

Origin of dicentras

1833; New Latin Greek díkentr(os) with two stings or spurs, equivalent to di- di-1 + -kentros, derivative of kéntron a spur, point, sting (derivative of kent

Examples for dicentras

A much more brilliantly coloured member of the same family is the dicentra (Diclytra) spectabilis, so familiar in our gardens.

Where was only desolation, after countless days the dicentra hangs out its white flags in truce to the warring elements.

For larger vases, the dicentra is always pleasing, coming close after the Lily of the Valley.

Now, let me see—Aquilegia, Dianthus barbatus, dicentra spectabilis—gracious!

Please look carefully at the enclosed specimen of dicentra thalictriformis, and throw away.

The arbutus and the dicentra appeared on the 10th, and the coltsfoot—which, however, is an importation—about the same time.

dicentra spectabilis (Bleeding Heart), red and white; one to two feet; May.

Word Value for dicentras
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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