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Castilleia coccinea
(gcide) | Painted \Paint"ed\, a.
1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
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As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean. --Coleridge.
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2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted
turtle; painted bunting.
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Painted beauty (Zool.), a handsome American butterfly
(Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors,
Painted cup (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs
(Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually
bright-colored and more showy than the flowers.
Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and
is common in meadows.
Painted finch. See Nonpareil.
Painted lady (Zool.), a bright-colored butterfly. See
Thistle butterfly.
Painted turtle (Zool.), a common American freshwater
tortoise (Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow
markings beneath.
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castilleia
(wn) | Castilleia
n 1: genus of western North and South American perennials often
partially parasitic on roots of grasses [syn: Castilleja,
genus Castilleja, Castilleia, genus Castilleia] |
genus castilleia
(wn) | genus Castilleia
n 1: genus of western North and South American perennials often
partially parasitic on roots of grasses [syn: Castilleja,
genus Castilleja, Castilleia, genus Castilleia] |
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