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GREAT PLAINS PAINTBRUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does great plains paintbrush mean? 

GREAT PLAINS PAINTBRUSH (noun)
  The noun GREAT PLAINS PAINTBRUSH has 1 sense:

1. hairy plant with pinkish flowers; Great Plains to northern Mexicoplay

  Familiarity information: GREAT PLAINS PAINTBRUSH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GREAT PLAINS PAINTBRUSH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hairy plant with pinkish flowers; Great Plains to northern Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Castilleja sessiliflora; great plains paintbrush

Hypernyms ("great plains paintbrush" is a kind of...):

Indian paintbrush; painted cup (any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts)


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