noun

1. any of a genus (Digitalis) of plants of the figwort family, with long spikes of thimblelike flowers; foxglove
2. the dried leaves of a common digitalis plant (Digitalis purpurea) that usually has purple flowers
3. a medicine made from these leaves, used as a heart stimulant

Etymology: ModL, foxglove < L digitalis, belonging to the finger < digitus, a finger, digit: so named (1542) by L. Fuchs (see fuchsia), from its thimblelike flowers, after the Ger name fingerhut, thimble