(n)spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum, Syn.Chrysanthemum coccineum, Tanacetum coccineum, pyrethrum
a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. [ 1913 Webster ]
As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
[beta](adj-na) (1) (See べた組み) things without gaps or spaces between them; something painted or printed solid; (2) { comp } plain (e.g. plain text); (3) (sl) cliched; hackneyed[Add to Longdo]
[かがみいた, kagamiita](n) (1) panel; scene-panel; (2) (symbolically a reflection of tree at the front of the stage) painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which an oak tree is painted[Add to Longdo]