WordNet
desert paintbrush
n. most common paintbrush of western United States dry lands; having erect stems ending in dense spikes of bright orange to red flowers [syn: Castilleja chromosa]
Usage examples of "desert paintbrush".
In garden beds densely planted with purple-flowering broom bush, red and yellow desert paintbrush, and white-furred old man cactus, large, variegated desert agaves grew over six feet high and twice as wide, their curving spiked leaves striped in blue and yellow.
In the open spaces grew bright green manzanita and what was left of the wild irises and white and purple lupine and bugle flowers and desert paintbrush.