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Definition of Indian paint
1. Noun. Perennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment.
Exact synonyms: Hoary Puccoon, Lithospermum Canescens
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Lithospermum, Lithospermum
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Lithospermum, Lithospermum
2. Noun. European annual with clusters of greenish flowers followed by red pulpy berrylike fruit; naturalized North America.
Exact synonyms: Chenopodium Capitatum, Strawberry Blite, Strawberry Pigweed
Generic synonyms: Goosefoot
Generic synonyms: Goosefoot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Paint
Literary usage of Indian paint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains by Julia W. Henshaw (1915)
"Red indian paint Brush. 2. C. pallida. Kunth. White indian paint Brush. 3. C.
purpurascens. ... Lance-leaved indian paint Brush. 5. C. angustifolia var. ..."