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This can easily be done with a paintbrush, carefully transferring pollen from the stamens to the center of the flower.
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Heather Bien, The Spruce, 7 June 2026
The set design is intricate and distorted—visible paintbrush strokes, acute angles, crooked lines—lending the film a surreal quality and supporting its cast of expressive actors, exaggerated costuming, and eerie makeup.
—Air Mail, 30 May 2026
To increase the odds of your tree producing fruit, North recommends hand-pollinating the flowers with a small paintbrush to transfer pollen from one tree to another.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 29 May 2026
Fill a bowl with water and detergent and swirl the brushes through it like a paintbrush, or place a small amount of detergent in your palm and work the damp brush into it.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
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Heather Bien, The Spruce, 7 June 2026
The set design is intricate and distorted—visible paintbrush strokes, acute angles, crooked lines—lending the film a surreal quality and supporting its cast of expressive actors, exaggerated costuming, and eerie makeup.
—Air Mail, 30 May 2026
To increase the odds of your tree producing fruit, North recommends hand-pollinating the flowers with a small paintbrush to transfer pollen from one tree to another.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 29 May 2026
Fill a bowl with water and detergent and swirl the brushes through it like a paintbrush, or place a small amount of detergent in your palm and work the damp brush into it.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
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“Paintbrush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paintbrush. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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paintbrush
noun
paint·brush
ˈpānt-ˌbrəsh 
1
: a brush for applying paint
2
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