painted lady
1Painted lady — Painted Paint ed, 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… …
2Painted Lady — For other uses, see Painted Lady (disambiguation). Cynthia (subgenus) Vanessa cardui Conservation status …
3painted lady — a butterfly, Vanessa cardui, having brownish black and orange wings and hind wings each with four eyespots, the larvae of which feed on thistles. [1745 55] * * * Either of two species of butterflies in the genus Vanessa (family Nymphalidae): V.… …
4painted lady — Thistle This tle, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill, Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the… …
5painted-lady — raudonasis kardelis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Vilkdalginių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Gladiolus carneus), paplitęs pietų Afrikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Gladiolus carneus angl. painted lady; white Afrikaner šaltinis Valstybinės… …
6Painted Lady (disambiguation) — Painted Lady can refer to:*Painted Lady, a type of butterfly found in Europe and Asia *American Painted Lady, a butterfly that is found throughout North America *Australian Painted Lady, a butterfly that is mostly confined to Australia *Painted… …
7Painted Lady (mini series) — Painted Lady was a 1997 murder mystery mini series starring Helen Mirren, involving art theft. It costarred Franco Nero and Iain Glen.The role was created specifically for Mirren, as a means for her to try something a bit different from her… …
8painted lady tulip — Kliūzijaus tulpė statusas T sritis vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Tulipa clusiana angl. candy stick tulip; painted lady tulip vok. Clusius Tulpe; Damen Tulpe rus. тюльпан Клузиуса …
9painted lady — /peɪntəd ˈleɪdi/ (say payntuhd laydee) noun 1. a brightly coloured butterfly, Vanessa cardui, of the family Nymphalidae, which inhabits Europe and North Africa. 2. a rock with a thin layer of opal on one side, giving the impression that the… …
10painted lady — noun 1. : a migratory butterfly (Vanessa cardui) with wings mottled in brown, orange, and white that has a brown or blackish yellow striped caterpillar often destructive of crop plants 2. : pyrethrum 1 b (2) 3. : painted trillium …
