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foxglove
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun foxglove has 1 sense
- foxglove(n = noun.plant) digitalis - any of several plants of the genus Digitalis; Array is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
is a member of genus digitalis
has particulars: common foxglove, digitalis purpurea, fairy bell, finger-flower, finger-root, fingerflower, fingerroot, digitalis lutea, straw foxglove, yellow foxglove
CIDE DICTIONARY
foxglove, n. [AS. foxes-gl, foxes-cl,foxes-clife.].
Any plant of the genus Digitalis . The common English foxglove (Digitalis purpurea ) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis. [1913 Webster]
"Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run
To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem." [1913 Webster]
To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
foxglove, n. any tall plant of the genus Digitalis, with erect spikes of purple or white flowers like glove-fingers.
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