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bleeding heart

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
bleed-ing -heart
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various perennial plants, of the family Papaveraceae, subfamily Fumarioideae, often having pink heart-shaped flowers, including:

noun

Any of various perennial plants, of the family Papaveraceae, subfamily Fumarioideae, often having pink heart-shaped flowers, including:

noun

Any of various perennial plants, of the family Papaveraceae, subfamily Fumarioideae, often having pink heart-shaped flowers, including:

noun

Certain species of genus Clerodendrum of flowering shrubs, lianas, or small trees of the mint family Lamiaceae.

noun

Any member of the species Homalanthus populifolius (bleeding heart tree), an Australian rainforest plant.

noun

Any member of the species Homalanthus novoguineensis (bleeding heart tree), a rainforest plant of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands.

noun

Any member of the genus Gallicolumba of ground-dwelling doves of east Asian islands.

noun

A person who is overly sympathetic to the plight of the underprivileged, exploited or helpless, or to casualties of circumstance.

Derogatory

Usage

Inflected Forms

bleeding hearts (plural) bleeding-heart (alternative)

Phrases

bleeding-heart monkey bleeding heart spider bleeding heart tetra bleeding heart vine few-flowered bleeding heart fringed bleeding heart Luzon bleeding-heart Mindanao bleeding-heart

Frequently Paired Words

love-lies-bleeding

Synonyms

Dutchman's breeches lyre flower lady-in-a-bath eardrop glorybower bagflower Queensland poplar lyreflower lyre-flower dicentra spectabilis

Questions

What does bleeding heart mean?
Any of various perennial plants, of the family Papaveraceae, subfamily Fumarioideae, often having pink heart-shaped flowers, including:

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