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paintbrush†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
any of various wild flowers, Castilleja sp., having bright scarlet to orangey floral bracts.
See: Indian paint-brush
Quotations
1916
About 8 miles from Field the scene has so changed in character that meadow-banks of wild forget-me-nots and crimson paint-brush, white violets, columbine, yellow daisies and purple asters tempt one to stray afield.