"painted lady" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-painted lady.ogg [Australia] Forms: painted ladies [plural]
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  1. Any of certain cryptic patterned butterflies of genus Vanessa (family Nymphalidae), especially Vanessa cardui. Categories (lifeform): Nymphalid butterflies, Vetigastropods Synonyms: cosmopolite Translations (butterfly): дяволска пеперуда (djavolska peperuda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ohdakeperhonen (Finnish), bogáncslepke (Hungarian), pepe-para-hua (Maori), kʼaalógii yistłʼiní (Navajo)
    Sense id: en-painted_lady-en-noun-O6j35qEb Disambiguation of Nymphalid butterflies: 25 25 6 10 13 20 Disambiguation of Vetigastropods: 15 24 8 12 12 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 26 7 13 13 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 24 4 9 11 30 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 25 6 12 17 22 Disambiguation of 'butterfly': 100 0 0 0 0 0
  2. A painted trillium (Trillium undulatum), a forest wildflower of North America. Categories (lifeform): Flowers, Liliales order plants, Nymphalid butterflies, Vetigastropods
    Sense id: en-painted_lady-en-noun-zvOyGFnO Disambiguation of Flowers: 16 25 13 10 17 20 Disambiguation of Liliales order plants: 17 32 9 9 15 18 Disambiguation of Nymphalid butterflies: 25 25 6 10 13 20 Disambiguation of Vetigastropods: 15 24 8 12 12 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 26 7 13 13 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 24 4 9 11 30 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 25 6 12 17 22
  3. A flower of the pea family (Gompholobium scabrum), native to southwestern Australia.
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  4. (slang, dated or historical) A prostitute (in reference to their use of makeup). Tags: slang Categories (lifeform): Vetigastropods Synonyms: prostitute
    Sense id: en-painted_lady-en-noun-D3g4TKrA Disambiguation of Vetigastropods: 15 24 8 12 12 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 26 7 13 13 26 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 25 6 12 17 22
  5. (US, architecture) A Victorian house repainted with vibrant colors to accentuate the architectural design, especially in San Francisco, California. Tags: US Categories (topical): Architecture Categories (lifeform): Nymphalid butterflies, Vetigastropods
    Sense id: en-painted_lady-en-noun-6E46IOVQ Disambiguation of Nymphalid butterflies: 25 25 6 10 13 20 Disambiguation of Vetigastropods: 15 24 8 12 12 28 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 26 7 13 13 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 24 4 9 11 30 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 25 6 12 17 22 Topics: architecture
  6. A sea snail (Phasianella australis). Categories (lifeform): Nymphalid butterflies, Vetigastropods
    Sense id: en-painted_lady-en-noun-kIxWLi3g Disambiguation of Nymphalid butterflies: 25 25 6 10 13 20 Disambiguation of Vetigastropods: 15 24 8 12 12 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 26 7 13 13 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 24 4 9 11 30 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 25 6 12 17 22

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    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "butterfly",
      "word": "pepe-para-hua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "butterfly",
      "word": "kʼaalógii yistłʼiní"
    }
  ],
  "word": "painted lady"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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