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GREAT PLAINS PAINTBRUSH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does great plains paintbrush mean?
• GREAT PLAINS PAINTBRUSH (noun)
The noun GREAT PLAINS PAINTBRUSH has 1 sense:
1. hairy plant with pinkish flowers; Great Plains to northern Mexico
Familiarity information: GREAT PLAINS PAINTBRUSH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GREAT PLAINS PAINTBRUSH (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hairy plant with pinkish flowers; Great Plains to northern Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Castilleja sessiliflora; great plains paintbrush
Hypernyms ("great plains paintbrush" is a kind of...):
Indian paintbrush; painted cup (any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts)
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