Meanings
plural Indian paintbrushes
- 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 107Synonyms: paintbrush
- Gaillardia pulchella, a flowering plant of southern US, from Arizona to Florida, and northern Mexico.
Synonyms: firewheel, Indian blanket, sundance
- Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), of eastern North America.
- Orange hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca, syn. Hieracium aurantiacum)
- Hieracium spp. (certain hawkweeds).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny member of the genus Castilleja of herbaceous perennial plants.
nounGaillardia pulchella, a flowering plant of southern US, from Arizona to Florida, and northern Mexico.
More synonyms by meaning
nounerect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers
nounany of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Hindi इंडियन पेंटब्रश, भारतीय तूलिका
- इंडियन पेंटब्रश (iṇḍiyan pẽṭabraś)Castilleja
- भारतीय तूलिका (bhārtīya tūlikā)Castilleja
- इंडियन पेंटब्रश (iṇḍiyan pẽṭabraś)Gaillardia pulchella
- भारतीय तूलिका (bhārtīya tūlikā)Gaillardia pulchella
Cite this entry
Indian paintbrush. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indian%20paintbrush
“Indian paintbrush.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indian%20paintbrush. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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