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Indian Paintbrush

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Noun

1. asclepias tuberosa, butterfly weed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, indian paintbrush, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root

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

2. indian paintbrush, painted cup

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Indian Paintbrush

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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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Indian Paintbrush

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n.
1. Any of various partly parasitic plants of the genus Castilleja, having spikes of flowers surrounded by showy, brightly colored bracts. Also called painted cup.
2. See orange hawkweed.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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