Lexic.us

Definition of Painted leaf

1. Noun. Poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla.

2. Noun. Tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Painted Leaf

painted painted-leaf begonia painted-snipe painted beauty painted bunting painted cup painted daisy painted dog painted dogs painted frog

painted greenling painted hunting dog painted hunting dogs painted ladies painted lady painted leaf (current term) painted nettle painted out painted sandgrouse painted snipes

painted terrapin painted tongue painted tortoise painted turtle painted wolf painted wolves painter painter's colic painter's tape

Literary usage of Painted leaf

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition June 6-September 20, 1916 by Cleveland Museum of Art (1916)
"Louis XIV or XV. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Homer Wade. FAN. Mount, ivory carved and painted. Leaf, chicken-skin painted with Fete Champetre. French. Louis XV. ..."

2. The Treatment of Nature in English Poetry Between Pope and Wordsworth by Myra Reynolds (1909)
"... landscapes of which Mr. Ful- cher wrote, " They were both drawn and coloured in the open air: in one of them a young oak is painted leaf for leaf, ..."

3. Sculpture I, 1952-1967 by Mary C. Sturgeon (1987)
"Comparison with the painted leaf pattern at Kerkyra suggests that the wide spacing of the red leaves on the Isthmia ring was designed to allow for ..."

4. Hispano-Moresque Pottery in the Collection of the Hispanic Society of America by Edwin Atlee Barber (1915)
"A boldly painted floral and leaf design in centre in luster; around marly, rudely painted leaf and floral forms in luster. Two broad blue parallel straight ..."

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