PAINTED

Paint″ed, a. 1. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Coleridge. 2. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting.
Painted beauty (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistle butterfly. — Painted turtle (Zoöl.), a common American freshwater tortoise (Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath.