bleeding heart

3 ENTRIES FOUND:

bleeding heart

noun

Definition of BLEEDING HEART

1
: a garden plant (Dicentra spectabilis) of the fumitory family with racemes of usually deep pink or white drooping heart-shaped flowers; broadly : any of several plants (genus Dicentra)
2
: a person who shows extravagant sympathy especially for an object of alleged persecution

First Known Use of BLEEDING HEART

1691

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