castilleja chromosa

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   most common paintbrush of western United States dry lands; having erect stems ending in dense spikes of bright orange to red flowers

   Synonymsdesert paintbrush

   BroaderIndian paintbrush

Questions about castilleja chromosa

What does castilleja chromosa mean?

castilleja chromosa means "most common paintbrush of western United States dry lands; having erect stems ending in dense spikes of bright orange to red flowers".

What is another word for castilleja chromosa?

Close synonyms include desert paintbrush. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is castilleja chromosa a common word?

castilleja chromosa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.