Found 2 items, similar to Foxglove.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: foxglove
foxglove
n : any of several plants of the genus Digitalis [syn:
digitalis]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Foxglove
Foxglove
\Fox"glove`\, n. [AS. foxes-gl[=o]fa,
foxes-cl[=o]fa,foxes-clife.] (Bot.)
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.
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Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run
To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem. --W.
Browne.
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