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Definition of Chrysemys picta
Chrysemys picta 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See
Thistle butterfly.
Painted turtle (Zo["o]l.), a common American freshwater
tortoise (Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow
markings beneath.
