'Bleeding heart' definitions:

Definition of 'bleeding heart'

From: WordNet
noun
Garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers [syn: bleeding heart, lyreflower, lyre-flower, Dicentra spectabilis]
noun
Someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged

Definition of 'Bleeding heart'

From: GCIDE
  • Dicentra \Di*cen"tra\ (d[-i]*s[e^]n"tr[.a]), Prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ke`ntron spur.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis). [Corruptly written dielytra.] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'bleeding heart'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Bleeding heart'