Lexic.us

Definition of Indian paint

1. Noun. Perennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment.

2. Noun. European annual with clusters of greenish flowers followed by red pulpy berrylike fruit; naturalized North America.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Paint

Indian gum Indian hemp Indian ink Indian lettuce Indian lotus Indian madder Indian mallow Indian meal Indian method Indian millet

Indian monetary unit Indian mongoose Indian mulberry Indian mustard Indian operation Indian paint Indian paintbrush Indian pangolin Indian pangolins Indian pea

Indian pink Indian pipe Indian plantain Indian podophyllum resin Indian poke Indian poker Indian pony Indian potato Indian python Indian race

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. ..."

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