| NOUN | plant | Indian paintbrush, butterfly weed, orange milkweed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, tuber root, Asclepias tuberosa | erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers |
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| plant | Indian paintbrush, painted cup | any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts |
| Meaning | Erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers. | |
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| Synonyms | butterfly weed, orange milkweed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, tuber root, Asclepias tuberosa | |
| Broader | milkweed, silkweed | Any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts |
| Meaning | Any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts. | |
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| Synonym | painted cup | |
| Member of | Castilleja, genus Castilleja, Castilleia, genus Castilleia | genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses |
| Narrower | desert paintbrush, Castilleja chromosa | Most common paintbrush of western United States dry lands |
| giant red paintbrush, Castilleja miniata | wildflower of western North America having ragged clusters of crimson or scarlet flowers | |
| great plains paintbrush, Castilleja sessiliflora | hairy plant with pinkish flowers | |
| sulfur paintbrush, Castilleja sulphurea | plant of moist highland meadows having ragged clusters of pale yellow flowers | |
| Broader | wildflower, wild flower | wild or uncultivated flowering plant |
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