any plant of the N. American genus Heuchera, with low-growing heart-shaped leaves and mostly red flowers carried in sprays on slender graceful stems: family Saxifragaceae
See also alumroot
Word origin
named after J. H. Heucher (1677–1747), German doctor and botanist
Examples of 'heuchera' in a sentence
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For groundcover, dark grasses, sedum and popular purple heuchera can fill the gaps.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Insert the heuchera leaves at different angles, still following the ring's outline.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Ferns, including the wavy-edged hart's-tongue and intricately indented polystichum forms, nestle among heuchera and hostas in contrasting tones.