WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Indian paintbrush n 1: erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers [syn: butterfly weed, orange milkweed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa] 2: any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts [syn: Indian paintbrush, painted cup]