painted cup

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noun

any of several semiparasitic plants of the genus Castilleja, of the figwort family, having highly colored dilated bracts about the flowers.

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Also called paintbrush.

Origin of painted cup

First recorded in 1780–90

Words nearby painted cup

paintbrush, paint-by-numbers, painted, painted beauty, painted bunting, painted cup, Painted Desert, painted greenling, painted horse, painted lady, painted snipe

How to use painted cup in a sentence

I sat at the head of the last table, drank yellow wine out of a painted cup and ate half a swine all by myself.
The Russian Grandmother's Wonder Tales|Louise Seymour Houghton
For who e'er drank without alloy, From the painted cup of joy?
Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland|Abigail Stanley Hanna
The bright flame of the painted cup and the purple of the asters still lighted up the aisles of the pines in sheltered places.
The Spirit of Sweetwater|Hamlin Garland
Red Feather is also good but Painted Cup is rather poor, as there is nothing cup-like about the flower.
Field Book of Western Wild Flowers|Margaret Armstrong

She drinks out of a painted cup of birch-bark, and neither more nor less than the quantity it holds.
Balder The Beautiful, Vol. I.|Sir James George Frazer