Painted
Paint·ed
Painted
a.
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Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
- Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. (Nat. Hist.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Painted beauty
- a handsome American butterfly (Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors,
- Painted cup
- 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
- a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistle butterfly.
- Painted turtle
- a common American freshwater tortoise (Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath.