PAINTED CUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does painted cup mean? 

• PAINTED CUP (noun)
  The noun PAINTED CUP has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PAINTED CUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAINTED CUP (noun)

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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 ("painted cup" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "painted cup"):

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 ("painted cup" 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)