- Indian paintbrush
- noun Date: circa 1892 1. any of a genus (Castilleja) of herbaceous plants of the snapdragon family that have brightly colored bracts — called also painted cup 2. orange hawkweed
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Indian paintbrush
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Indian paintbrush — ☆ Indian paintbrush n. any of a large genus (Castilleja) of plants of the figwort family, with brilliantly colored orange or red flowers and red or yellow upper leaves … English World dictionary
Indian paintbrush — noun A herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Castilleja. Webb and Veikko watched across a meadow of larkspur and Indian paintbrush, and behind them a little creek rushed down the hillside … Wiktionary
Indian paintbrush — noun 1. erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers • Syn: ↑butterfly weed, ↑orange milkweed, ↑chigger flower, ↑chiggerflower, ↑pleurisy root, ↑tuber root, ↑Asclepias tuberosa … Useful english dictionary
Indian paintbrush — any of several semiparasitic plants belonging to the genus Castilleja, of the figwort family, as C. linariaefolia, of the western U.S.: the state flower of Wyoming. [1890 95, Amer.] * * * or paintbrush Any plant of the genusCastilleja(snapdragon… … Universalium
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Tiburon Indian paintbrush — Taxobox name = Tiburon Indian paintbrush image width = 240px status = EN regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Lamiales familia = Orobanchaceae genus = Castilleja species = C. neglecta binomial = Castilleja… … Wikipedia
Santa Catalina Indian-paintbrush — laibažiedė kastilėja statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Džioveklinių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Castilleja tenuiflora), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Castilleja tenuiflora angl. Santa Catalina Indian paintbrush šaltinis… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
paintbrush — [pānt′brush΄] n. 1. a brush used for applying paint 2. a) INDIAN PAINTBRUSH b) DEVIL S PAINTBRUSH … English World dictionary
Indian — /in dee euhn/, n. 1. Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos. 2. any of the… … Universalium
