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paintbrush /ˈpeɪntbrʌʃ /noun1A brush for applying paint.The artist's easel, paint box, palettes, paintbrushes and dried tubes of paint occupied a corner....- We spread out old sheets on folding tables set up in the backyard, put out craft paints in all colors, sponge brushes and paintbrushes, and watched our budding Picassos.
- The new paintbrushes and brush sets are made with safe, seamless ferrules in a variety of sizes, which helps younger children learn to control their brushstrokes.
2 [with modifier] A North American plant which bears brightly coloured brush-like flowering spikes. See also devil's paintbrush.- Genus Castilleja, family Scrophulariaceae: several species, including the Indian paintbrush (C. coccinea).
The wetter areas support meadows containing Missouri goldenrod, false toadflax, golden-glow, Indian paintbrush, Mariposa lily, death camas, and prairie smoke....- Now, gaudy flowers crowd the brooks - paintbrush, gentian, columbine.
- Among the common wildflowers are one-flowered cinquefoil, woolly lousewort, alpine willowherb, three saxifrages, and an Indian paintbrush.
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