The Collaborative International Dictionary
Painted \Paint"ed\, a.
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Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
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(Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting.
Painted beauty (Zo["o]l.), a handsome American butterfly ( Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors,
Painted cup (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs ( Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows.
Painted finch. See Nonpareil.
Painted lady (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistle butterfly.
Painted turtle (Zo["o]l.), a common American freshwater tortoise ( Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath.
WordNet
n. any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts [syn: Indian paintbrush]
Usage examples of "painted cup".
With the last drops, Meletios flailed out, and his bony hand dashed the painted cup against the wall.
Miss Agatha Tomkins, the school teacher, sat primly balancing a hand-painted cup and fingering a piece of cake while conversation flowed smoothly around her.