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]
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