Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
heart-trefoil .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) wild ginger (
Asarum shuttleworthii ) having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves, growing from Western Virginia to Alabama. - noun (Bot.) An evergreen low-growing perennial (
Asarum virginicum ) having mottled green and silvery-gray heart-shaped pungent leaves, growing from Virginia to South Carolina.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Wild ginger, Asarum caudatum.
- noun Any of various plants with
heart-shaped leaves, such as the Houttuynia cordata.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama
- noun evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves; Virginia to South Carolina
- noun wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama
- noun evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves; Virginia to South Carolina
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Examples
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Silver accents can be found on Japanese painted fern, heartleaf brunnera cultivars such as Jack Frost, and many lungwort cultivars.
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While she doesn't have them in her garden, Sterman also recommends the shade-loving heartleaf bergenia (Bergenia cordifolia) with its dainty pink flowers.
Fore, right! Mary James 2009
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