devil's paintbrush

noun

: orange hawkweed

broadly : any of various hawkweeds that are naturalized weeds in the eastern U.S.

Word History

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for devil's paintbrush

• airbrush
• hairbrush
• inrush
• onrush
• sagebrush
• blush
• brush
• crush
• flush
• gush
• hush
• lush

Kids Definition

devil's paintbrush

noun

: any of various hawkweeds found in the eastern U.S.

especially : orange hawkweed