altruist vs bleeding heart

altruist

noun
  • A person showing altruism. 

bleeding heart

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

  • Dicentra, a genus native to eastern Asia and North America, some species with colors and shape similar to Lamprocapnos spectabilis. 

  • Ehrendorferia, a genus native to California, usually with yellow flowers of similar shape. 

  • The bleeding heart tree, Homalanthus populifolius, an Australian rainforest plant. 

  • Dactylicapnos, a genus native to Himalayas and mountainous areas of South China, Burma and Vietnam, usually with yellow flowers of similar shape. 

  • Flowering shrubs, lianas, or small trees of the mint family Lamiaceae, in the genus Clerodendrum. 

  • Lamprocapnos spectabilis (formerly Dicentra spectabilis), a popular garden plant with arching sprays of pendent red and white (or pure white) flowers. 

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