| 释义 |
Indian paintbrush
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˌɪn.di.ən ˈpeɪnt.brʌʃ/ us /ˌɪn.di.ən ˈpeɪnt.brʌʃ/
an North American plant of the snapdragon family that has brightly coloured red or orange bracts(= a type of leaf that grows from the area just below a flower):
Along the roads of Texas, bluebonnets and Indian paintbrushes brighten the countryside.
The trail passed through meadows carpeted with Indian paintbrush.
The Indian paintbrush has adapted to be pollinated almost exclusively by hummingbirds.
Prairie species such as the bright red Indian paintbrush have disappeared from the area.
The Indian paintbrush is one of the first wildflowers Idaho schoolkids learn to identify.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Flowers & flowering plants
aconite
adam-and-eve
aeonium
African daisy
agapanthus
edelweiss
eglantine
elderflower
elephant ear
erythronium
loosestrife
lords-and-ladies
lotus
love-in-a-mist
lupin
sedum
sego lily
self-heal
senecio
sensitive plant
See also
snapdragon
|