Indian paint in·dian·paint uncommon noun 1. perennial North American plant with grayish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment Synonymshoary puccoonIndian paintLithospermum canescens 2. European annual with clusters of greenish flowers followed by red pulpy berrylike fruit; naturalized North America Synonymsstrawberry blitestrawberry pigweedIndian paintChenopodium capitatum Related words Word family Indian paintbrush Broader terms goosefootherb Parts Lithospermum WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.