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Indian paint

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Indian paint

1
 n
perennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment
2
 n
European annual with clusters of greenish flowers followed by red pulpy berrylike fruit; naturalized North America
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Indian paint
1

n perennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment

Synonyms:
Lithospermum canescens, hoary puccoon
Type of:
herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
2

n European annual with clusters of greenish flowers followed by red pulpy berrylike fruit; naturalized North America

Synonyms:
Chenopodium capitatum, strawberry blite, strawberry pigweed
Type of:
goosefoot
any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers
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