bleeding heart
noun(bleeding heart)
a garden plant (Dicentra spectabilis) of the fumitory family with racemes of usually deep pink or white drooping heart-shaped flowers; broadly : any of several plants (genus Dicentra)
bleeding heart
noun(bleeding heart)
a person who shows extravagant sympathy especially for an object of alleged persecution
bleeding heart
adjective(bleeding heart)
feeling or showing excessive or extravagant sympathy especially for an object of alleged persecution —used as a term of disparagement for people with politically liberal opinions