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• bleeding heart — bleeding heart, adj. 1. any of various plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, esp. D. spectabilis, a common garden plant having long, one sided clusters of rose or red heart shaped flowers. 2. a person who makes an… …   Universalium

• Bleeding heart — Bleeding heart, bleeding heart or Bleeding Heart may refer to:Organisms: * Doves in the genus Gallicolumba * Flowering plants in the genus Dicentra of the fumitory family * Flowering plants in the genus Clerodendrum (glorybowers or bagflowers) of …   Wikipedia

• bleeding heart — type of flowering plant, so called from 1690s. In the sense of person excessively sympathetic (especially toward those the speaker deems not to deserve it) is attested by 1951, but said by many to have been popularized with reference to liberals… …   Etymology dictionary

• bleeding heart — bleeding hearts also bleeding heart N COUNT: oft N n (disapproval) If you describe someone as a bleeding heart, you are criticizing them for being sympathetic towards people who are poor and suffering, without doing anything practical to help …   English dictionary

• bleeding heart — also .bleeding heart liberal n informal someone who feels sympathy for poor people or criminals, in a way that you think is not practical or helpful …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bleeding heart — A bleeding heart is a person who is excessively sympathetic towards other people …   The small dictionary of idiomes