foxglove
1 synonym for foxglove, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Any member of the genus Digitalis of about twenty species of herbaceous biennials native to the Old World, certain of which are prized for their showy flowers. The drug digitalis or digoxin was first isolated from the plant.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
This word comes from Middle English fox-glove, foxes glove, from Old English foxes glōfa (“foxglove”). Looked at another way, it can also be read simply as fox + glove.
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