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Indian paintbrushes

Indian paintbrushes is the plural of Indian paintbrush.

Meaning of Indian paintbrush

Noun

Indian paintbrush (plural Indian paintbrushes)

  1. Any member of the genus Castilleja of herbaceous perennial plants.
    • Webb and Veikko watched across a meadow of larkspur and Indian paintbrush, and behind them a little creek rushed down the hillside.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 107
    Synonyms:
    paintbrush
  2. Gaillardia pulchella, a flowering plant of southern US, from Arizona to Florida, and northern Mexico.
  3. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), of eastern North America.
  4. Orange hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca, syn. Hieracium aurantiacum)
  5. Hieracium spp. (certain hawkweeds).

Questions about Indian paintbrushes

What is Indian paintbrushes the plural of?
Indian paintbrushes is the plural of Indian paintbrush.

Words near Indian paintbrushes in the dictionary

  1. Indian paint pot
  2. Indian paint pots
  3. Indian paint rock
  4. Indian paint rocks
  5. Indian paintbrush
  6. Indian paintbrushes
  7. Indian paintpot
  8. Indian paintpots
  9. Indian pangolin
  10. Indian pangolins
  11. Indian pariah dog

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