noun
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
• Hypernyms: ↑wildflower, ↑wild flower
• Hyponyms:
↑desert paintbrush, ↑Castilleja chromosa, ↑giant red paintbrush, ↑Castilleja miniata, ↑great plains paintbrush, ↑Castilleja sessiliflora, ↑sulfur paintbrush, ↑Castilleja sulphurea
• Member Holonyms: ↑Castilleja, ↑genus Castilleja, ↑Castilleia, ↑genus Castilleia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.