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red heart

American  

noun

  1. a treelike Californian shrub, Ceanothus spinosus, of the buckthorn family, having pale blue or white flowers.


Etymology

Origin of red heart

First recorded in 1825–35


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The Plook's replacement is an "equally tacky" trophy fashioned by Kevin - an arm with a red heart jutting out of it just above the elbow.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025

Her blindingly red heart, in a nod to the park’s original vision of the bride, still beats in time to an elongated, gloomy rendition of Richard Wagner’s “Bridal Chorus.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025

“You’ve got this, Miles!,” astronaut Kellie Gerardi wrote in the comments on the follow-up post, where Miles’ dad, John Legend, weighed in with five red heart emojis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2024

In one of the edited images, red heart balloons have been added to the men's hands.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2024

One at a time they went and touched the statue’s fading red heart.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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