dielytran.
/dʌɪˈɛlɪtrə/ Botany.
A plant belonging to the genus once so called, now included in the genus Dicentra n.
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1864 C. M. Yonge Trial II. vi. 122 Do you know this Dielytra? I think it is the prettiest of modern flowers.
1872 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 220 Dielytras—in the full-blown flower there are at least four symmetrical ‘wards’.
1900 J. M. Abbott in W. D. Drury Bk. Gardening viii. 269 Dicentras (Dielytras) are lovely spring- or early summer-flowering plants.
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