Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun indian_paintbrush

2 senses of indian paintbrush

Sense 1
butterfly weed, orange milkweed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa -- (erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers)
       => milkweed, silkweed -- (any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts)

Sense 2
Indian paintbrush, painted cup -- (any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts)
       => wildflower, wild flower -- (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)