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foxglove
Foxglove (noun) means 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.
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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.
"There were bunches of wild garlic to keep out evil spirits, foxgloves for healing spells and hemlock and vervain for darker magic."
— Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac (1971)
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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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What is the meaning of foxglove?
"foxglove" (noun) means 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.
What is another word for foxglove?
Other words for "foxglove" include digitalis.
