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Definition of Indian paintbrush
1 : any of a genus (Castilleja) of chiefly American herbaceous plants of the snapdragon family that have brightly colored bracts
— called also painted cup
2 : orange hawkweed
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The first known use of Indian paintbrush was in 1892
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