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painted tongue

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noun

  1. a Chilean plant, Salpiglossis sinuata, of the nightshade family, having large, funnel-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.


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Two days later, the same participants are called together to the same tipi and the woman rises and takes first the painted tongue and then the others from where they were hung.

From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Wissler, Clark

To the singing of songs, the painted tongue first, and then the others, are taken out and placed on half a rawhide.

From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Wissler, Clark

The painted tongue and then the others are placed on the parfleche.

From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Wissler, Clark

While the others sing, the woman who made the vow rises and first takes the painted tongue and then the others from where they were hung.

From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Wissler, Clark

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