red heart

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of red heart

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

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

The memorial wall was created in 2021 when a man, whose father died after contracting Covid-19, painted a red heart on the South Bank.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025

On the Texas Right to Life site that Pope guided me to, there's an anxious warning about the potentially "fatal consequences for those of us with that little red heart on our driver's licenses."

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2023

The “Charlie’s Angels” star received laudatory comments on her post from singer Demi Lovato, TV personality Ross Mathews and writer-actor Ike Barinholtz, who told Barrymore, “you are the queen,” along with a red heart emoji.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2023

I wanted to touch her vanishing red heart, too, as much as anything I’d ever wanted.

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