/ Thesaurus / I Synonyms of indian paintbrush Find synonyms for: Noun1. butterfly weed, orange milkweed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa, milkweed, silkweedusage: erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers2. Indian paintbrush, painted cup, wildflower, wild flowerusage: any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bractsWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: penury Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language