indian paintbrush

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indian paintbrush - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Indian paintbrush
      n 1: erect perennial of eastern and southern United States
           having showy orange flowers [syn: butterfly weed, orange milkweed
           , chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root
           , tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa
           ]
      2: any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense
         spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts [syn:
         Indian paintbrush, painted cup]