1. a brush used for applying paint
2. a wildflower with bright red or orange tubular blooms
Usage: botany

Examples

• She dipped her paintbrush in the blue paint.
• The artist cleaned his paintbrush with turpentine.
• Use a small paintbrush for the detailed work.
• The old paintbrush had stiff, dried bristles.
• Wild paintbrush flowers covered the meadow.
• The red paintbrush bloomed along the hiking trail.