INDIAN PAINTBRUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian paintbrush mean? 

• INDIAN PAINTBRUSH (noun)
  The noun INDIAN PAINTBRUSH has 2 senses:

1. erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers

2. any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts

  Familiarity information: INDIAN PAINTBRUSH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDIAN PAINTBRUSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asclepias tuberosa; butterfly weed; chigger flower; chiggerflower; Indian paintbrush; orange milkweed; pleurisy root; tuber root

Hypernyms ("Indian paintbrush" is a kind of...):

milkweed; silkweed (any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Indian paintbrush; painted cup

Hypernyms ("Indian paintbrush" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Indian paintbrush"):

Castilleja chromosa; desert paintbrush (most common paintbrush of western United States dry lands; having erect stems ending in dense spikes of bright orange to red flowers)

Castilleja miniata; giant red paintbrush (wildflower of western North America having ragged clusters of crimson or scarlet flowers)

Castilleja sessiliflora; great plains paintbrush (hairy plant with pinkish flowers; Great Plains to northern Mexico)

Castilleja sulphurea; sulfur paintbrush (plant of moist highland meadows having ragged clusters of pale yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("Indian paintbrush" is a member of...):

Castilleia; Castilleja; genus Castilleia; genus Castilleja (genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses)