Bleeding heart

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various perennial plants, of the family Papaveraceae, subfamily Fumarioideae, often having pink heart-shaped flowers, including:; Lamprocapnos spectabilis (formerly Dicentra spectabilis), a popular garden plant with arching sprays of pendent red and white (or pure white) flowers.
  2. 2
    someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of various perennial plants, of the family Papaveraceae, subfamily Fumarioideae, often having pink heart-shaped flowers, including:; Dicentra, a genus native to eastern Asia and North America, some species with colors and shape similar to Lamprocapnos spectabilis.
  4. 4
    garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers wordnet
  5. 5
    Any of various perennial plants, of the family Papaveraceae, subfamily Fumarioideae, often having pink heart-shaped flowers, including:; Ehrendorferia, a genus native to California, usually with yellow flowers of similar shape.
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  1. 6
    Any of various perennial plants, of the family Papaveraceae, subfamily Fumarioideae, often having pink heart-shaped flowers, including:; Dactylicapnos, a genus native to Himalayas and mountainous areas of South China, Burma and Vietnam, usually with yellow flowers of similar shape.
  2. 7
    Flowering shrubs, lianas, or small trees of the mint family Lamiaceae, in the genus Clerodendrum.
  3. 8
    The bleeding heart tree, Homalanthus populifolius, an Australian rainforest plant.
  4. 9
    A person who is overly sympathetic to the plight of the underprivileged, exploited or helpless, or to casualties of circumstance.

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