Definition: indian paint

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

Indian paint
     n : European annual with clusters of greenish flowers followed
         by red pulpy berrylike fruit; naturalized North America
         [syn: strawberry blite, strawberry pigweed, Indian
         paint, Chenopodium capitatum]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus,
   the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu,
   name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus.
   Cf. Hindoo.]
   1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies,
      or, sometimes, to the West Indies.

   2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of
      America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.

   3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian
      meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.]

   Indian bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree (Persea Indica).

   Indian bean (Bot.), a name of the catalpa.

   Indian berry. (Bot.) Same as Cocculus indicus.

   Indian bread. (Bot.) Same as Cassava.

   Indian club, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for
      gymnastic exercise.

   Indian cordage, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut
      husk.

   Indian corn (Bot.), a plant of the genus Zea (Z. Mays);
      the maize, a native of America. See Corn, and Maize.
      

   Indian cress (Bot.), nasturtium. See Nasturtium, 2.

   Indian cucumber (Bot.), a plant of the genus Medeola (M.
      Virginica), a common in woods in the United States. The
      white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.

   Indian currant (Bot.), a plant of the genus
      Symphoricarpus (S. vulgaris), bearing small red
      berries.

   Indian dye, the puccoon.

   Indian fig. (Bot.)
      (a) The banyan. See Banyan.
      (b) The prickly pear.

   Indian file, single file; arrangement of persons in a row
      following one after another, the usual way among Indians
      of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.

   Indian fire, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter,
      and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.

   Indian grass (Bot.), a coarse, high grass (Chrysopogon
      nutans), common in the southern portions of the United
      States; wood grass. --Gray.

   Indian hemp. (Bot.)
      (a) A plant of the genus Apocynum (A. cannabinum),
          having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark,
          whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is
          both emetic and cathartic in properties.
      (b) The variety of common hemp (Cannabis Indica), from
          which hasheesh is obtained.

   Indian mallow (Bot.), the velvet leaf (Abutilon
      Avicenn[ae]). See Abutilon.

   Indian meal, ground corn or maize. [U.S.]

   Indian millet (Bot.), a tall annual grass (Sorghum
      vulgare), having many varieties, among which are broom
      corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It
      is called also Guinea corn. See Durra.

   Indian ox (Zo["o]l.), the zebu.

   Indian paint. See Bloodroot.

   Indian paper. See India paper, under India.

   Indian physic (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus
      Gillenia (G. trifoliata, and G. stipulacea), common
      in the United States, the roots of which are used in
      medicine as a mild emetic; -- called also American
      ipecac, and bowman's root. --Gray.

   Indian pink. (Bot.)
      (a) The Cypress vine (Ipom[oe]a Quamoclit); -- so called
          in the West Indies.
      (b) See China pink, under China.

   Indian pipe (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb (Monotropa
      uniflora), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having
      scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole
      plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.

   Indian plantain (Bot.), a name given to several species of
      the genus Cacalia, tall herbs with composite white
      flowers, common through the United States in rich woods.
      --Gray.

   Indian poke (Bot.), a plant usually known as the white
      hellebore (Veratrum viride).

   Indian pudding, a pudding of which the chief ingredients
      are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.

   Indian purple.
      (a) A dull purple color.
      (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and
          black.

   Indian red.
      (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate
          of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the
          Persian Gulf. Called also Persian red.
      (b) See Almagra.

   Indian rice (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See Rice.

   Indian shot (Bot.), a plant of the genus Canna (C.
      Indica). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot.
      See Canna.

   Indian summer, in the United States, a period of warm and
      pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under
      Summer.

   Indian tobacco (Bot.), a species of Lobelia. See
      Lobelia.

   Indian turnip (Bot.), an American plant of the genus
      Aris[ae]ma. A. triphyllum has a wrinkled farinaceous
      root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid
      juice. See Jack in the Pulpit, and Wake-robin.

   Indian wheat, maize or Indian corn.

   Indian yellow.
      (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but
          less pure than cadmium.
      (b) See Euxanthin.

Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.)
   A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red
   sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; --
   called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort,
   turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic
   properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant
   expectorant. See Sanguinaria.

   Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once
         used as a remedy for dysentery.