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Indian paintbrush

Noun

Meaning

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

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

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And nearly every line of the spare, understated prose conjures up visions of the prairie -- the low skies, the wide fields splashed with Indian paintbrush and wild roses, the earth carpeted by hailstones that gleam in the sunlight after a thunderstorm. Source: Internet

As you push along Barrel Roll, pale tufts of sagebrush and intermittent speckles of Indian paintbrush enliven the trailside landscape. Source: Internet

The colorful plants included jimson weed, Indian paintbrush, yellow bush poppies, purple lupine, masses of yellow monkey flower, ceanothus bushes shedding their “mountain snow” white blossoms, and Matilija poppies. Source: Internet

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