Definition of Painted
Paint´ed
a.
1.
Covered
or
adorned
with
paint
;
portrayed
in
colors
.
As
idle
as
a
painted
ship
Upon
a
painted
ocean
.
- Coleridge.
2.
(Nat. Hist.)
Marked
with
bright
colors
;
as
,
the
painted
turtle
;
painted
bunting
.
Painted beauty
(Zool.)
a
handsome
American
butterfly
(
Vanessa
Huntera
),
having
a
variety
of
bright
colors
,
Painted cup
(Bot.)
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
(Zool.)
a
bright-colored
butterfly
.
See
Thistle butterfly
.
Painted turtle
(Zool.)
a
common
American
freshwater
tortoise
(
Chrysemys
picta
),
having
bright
red
and
yellow
markings
beneath
.
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delineate
,
delineated
,
represented
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