Noun: Indian paint
- Perennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment
"Native Americans traditionally used Indian paint as a source of dye";
- hoary puccoon, Lithospermum canescens
- European annual with clusters of greenish flowers followed by red pulpy berrylike fruit; naturalized North America
"Indian paint's bright red fruits stood out against its green foliage";
- strawberry blite, strawberry pigweed, Chenopodium capitatum
Type of: goosefoot, herb, herbaceous plant
Part of: genus Lithospermum, Lithospermum
Encyclopedia: Indian paint