indian paintbrush

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsbutterfly weedorange milkweedchigger flowerchiggerflowerpleurisy roottuber rootAsclepias tuberosa

   Broadermilkweed
2. 2.

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

   Synonymspainted cup

   Broaderwildflower

   Narrowerdesert paintbrushgiant red paintbrushgreat plains paintbrushsulfur paintbrush

   Part ofCastilleja

Questions about indian paintbrush

What does indian paintbrush mean?

indian paintbrush means "erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for indian paintbrush?

Close synonyms include butterfly weed, orange milkweed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root. 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 indian paintbrush a common word?

indian paintbrush 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.