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INDIAN PAINTBRUSH

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Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Indian paintbrush; painted cup

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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