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, Asclepias tuberosa]
2: any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense
spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts
[syn: painted cup]